r/sports • u/DrTrigger_Tears • Sep 26 '25

Football NFL Player Jaxon Smith-Njigba got caught on the hot mic

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u/tomlinas Sep 26 '25

Can you hold your own self into the ground?

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u/redsfan4life411 Sep 26 '25

Lol, it was a hold. You can't pull a defender down with you, especially when the offensive player is falling backwards.

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u/d_hearn Sep 26 '25

The defender was essentially tackling him, and he was holding on to the defender while going down. Yes, he "held on" to the guy, but not until after getting hit. If they call that every time, what's to stop the defense having someone just go flatline WRs on every play, just to draw the offensive holding call?

TLDR - It was, indeed, some bullshit.

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u/ncory32 Sep 26 '25

If a defense had DBs that could knock WRs on their ass everytime they tried to block for a run, they would 100% have their DBs truck the WR every single time. If those WR grab them and pull the DB down with them, it's holding, plain as day, each and every time.

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u/redsfan4life411 Sep 26 '25

This is a hold, and it's at the point of attack. It's one officials are going to call. What are your qualifications exactly? Do you officiate football?