"They (replay) touchdowns, fumbles, turnovers, all this other stuff," Pollard told Peter Schmuck of The Baltimore Sun. "They need to have somebody up there to say, 'No, the hit was legal, the guy tried to dodge him, but the (receiver) ducked his head.' We make a lot of money. I'm talking about the NFL. Why can't we can't do that?"
Pollard has a point. We've seen flags thrown for helmet-to-helmet contact that involves an offensive player lowering his head at the last second. Defenders stand no chance of altering their trajectory on some of these plays, and that could use a second look.
The league's stand against legitimate head-to-head collisions shouldn't go away, but replays would give defenders like Pollard a fair shake.
It's not something the NFL is likely to pounce on. Replays already slow the game -- and bringing heightened attention to the sport's most gruesome hits isn't a priority -- but Pollard makes a fair point, one worthy of debate.
Not quite sure what Pollard is thinking here. He expects a big fine from the NFL for his helmet to helmet hit on Reggie Wayne last weekend but thinks these hits need to be reviewed? Not sure if anyone has told him, but these plays get reviewed before every fine is given out. Considering almost all helmet to helmet hits get reviewed and the players get fined, I don't think he has anything to worry about. What the refs need to be more concious of, is missing the helmet to helmet hits. I've seen too many hits this year where a guy clearly get knocked out due to a hit to the head and no flags are thrown. If the league is serious about player safety, they need to get this in tune.
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