I dont believe it was a cheap shot. Adams plays his ass off. It should have been a penalty, but I dont think he should have been ejected.
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100% agree. Adams is a baller, but he ain't dirty. There is a difference.
Here is my take on this play and why people see it differently.
In the minds of the D, you are charging a QB to make tackle. Normally, you are wired to take advantage of this and provide a clean way to encourage him not to try that again. BUT, you are hampered by rules related to protection of QB when they SLIDE. The second Wolfy went head first, in a microsecond, Adams gives him a hard shot because he didn't slide.
The problem is, for those who argue it is NOT a penalty, is that the QB protection is not what the penalty was about. Which is why the explanation for the ref who "picked up" the flag was dead wrong. It was about a blow to the head/neck area on a defenseless player. It's like what you see with WRs on occasion. It had nothing to do with the fact it was a QB.
I hope they set this ref straight, because the original flag was correct, and it should be obviously incorrect to overturn, but instead all we got was an obvious ERROR by the lead official in overturning it.
Oh well, karma is real and we are moving on. Hope Wolford is a-OK and we have some good options for the next round. Buh-bye Sea-skanks.