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Sorry. Terrible call. They called the penalty on Wright, not on Garnett. Whether Garnett hit him high or low after the contact with Wright is irrelevant. The penalty was on Wright's block, which was clean as Garnett had whiffed up to that point.

That is a very interesting point, and persuasive--the penalty was on Wright and not on Garnett.  Wright delivered an outstanding block.  If Garnett had previously been blocking the unimpeded rusher than it would have been a chop block even if there had been an interval.  I bet the refs simply assumed that Garnett had already touched him when in fact the man was untouched before Wright went down.

You've changed my mind.  Bad call. 

Now, we play Army which is famous for cut blocks that can easily turn into dangerous chop blocks.  Let's hope the refs are eager to call lots of chop block calls next week, so that our three starting defensive linemen come out of that game with six intact knees.

[81alum]

Sorry. Terrible call. They called the penalty on Wright, not on Garnett. Whether Garnett hit him high or low after the contact with Wright is irrelevant. The penalty was on Wright's block, which was clean as Garnett had whiffed up to that point.

That is a very interesting point, and persuasive--the penalty was on Wright and not on Garnett.  Wright delivered an outstanding block.  If Garnett had previously been blocking the unimpeded rusher than it would have been a chop block even if there had been an interval.  I bet the refs simply assumed that Garnett had already touched him when in fact the man was untouched before Wright went down.

You've changed my mind.  Bad call. 

Now, we play Army which is famous for cut blocks that can easily turn into dangerous chop blocks.  Let's hope the refs are eager to call lots of chop block calls next week, so that our three starting defensive linemen come out of that game with six intact knees.