The real late one was Ford. My 8 year-old asked why that was a penalty and I said “he could have avoided him, he could have hit but hugged him, or just bumped him with his hands if his mo was too great. There was no need to continue THROUGH 18.” But turning your armored shoulder into him and knocking him flat, a flag every time.

And that was just as I was finishing my discourse on the knee hit issue. Some day I’ll talk all the passion for football right out of him.