Quote Originally Posted by Carp View Post
You can call it shoulder to shoulder if you want. Seemed absolutely like the neck area to me. It's precisely why they make that rule, so players can't lay out a defenseless player.
No, the rule is to prevent head hunting. All of the indicators of targeting are to prevent, well, targeting of the head and neck. The rule isn't to prevent violent hits. Violent hits on defenseless players remains legal.

The hit was clearly shoulder to shoulder. It was literally exactly how players are taught to hit these days. Yes it was violent, but it wasn't targeting.