It was legal. And yes, he intentionally hit him as hard as he possibly could, not to be malicious but to dislodge the ball and ensure he didn't get the completion.
Still a long season but I think Arizona is going to win that division... They may have to fight for a wild card spot. Losing their veteran defensive linemen to Jacksonville probably hurt.
I'm surprised the media isn't talking about the MLB/ILB position much this year. I've never seen it so devastated by injury. Literally just off the top of my head: Out Lee Pauslunsky Alonso Bowman Mayo Z. Brown Trevathan Tulloch D. Johnson Battling Injury Burfict Wagner Shazier Greenway Kendricks Riley
I'm not claiming he's a Mr. Intellectual by any means, but he did graduate Phi Beta Kappa , won the national scholar-athlete award and did have a good GPA...granted it was in communications but still, the guy seemingly has some brains in that giant head of his.
Only 5 teams are allowing less than 20 ppg - San Diego, Baltimore, Detroit, Indy, and Arizona. It would be the first time in history to have 25-29 teams allowing more than 20 ppg.
