I really didn't think the slide hit was that bad. Hard to just pull up on a sliding QB when you're already starting to tackle. the out of bounds sling was really bad and awesome though
The hit on the QB wasn’t hard or anything, but you could pretty easily tell on replay that our guy lowered his shoulder after he saw the QB was sliding. Dumb play that he probably thought he could get away with given the time left in the half.
Not so sure I'd give him credit for doing it on purpose. Seems, at both the college and pro-levels, that there's a lot of dropping heads when going to tackle. Particularly by D-backs and in the open field. Way too many throwing your body from an angle to try and knock an offensive player down as opposed to keeping your head up and wrapping him up with your arms. While this was not necessarily the same thing, the dropping of the head seems to me to becoming a systemic problem.
If they're serious about getting rid of the targeting, they'd be ruthless about calling any player, offensive or defensive (although I understand it's somewhat problematic when you're talking RB's around the LoS) that lowers their head when coming in contact with an opposing player.