OK, was the Mike Mitchell play dirty?

[Kelbin Venjamin]

What we have here is an alligator apology.

[Proudiddy]

I thought it was a bit dirty.  He didn't have to do all that to bring him down.  He was already pulling Stew down, but I guess that wasn't good enough so he dropped his body weight to mid-knee behind him and then twisted the upper half of his body over him while using his (Mitchell's) own body as a fulcrum, thus trapping Stew's lower half below Mitchell's body.

 

I was pissed.  And knowing Mitchell, he was probably feeling even more aggressive after seeing all the Steeler's guys go down before that. 

 

That's why I loved Mitchell when he was here, because he walked that line and gave our defense an edge...  something the current safeties do NOT.  They looked as soft as wet toilet paper last night and as lost as a kid on a milk carton.

[Cpt slay a ho]

Stew should have got down IMO

[Rise of The Hive]

He was just finishing the play I thought, it was unfortunate.

[Brooklyn Bully]

Here's how you know 100% if it was dirty.

 

If it had been Keek doing the tackling and Bell with the ball and the same thing happened ... would it have been dirty?

 

There's your answer as to if Mitchell did anything dirty.

[General_Purr]

He was really twisting the leg. But Stew was trying to keep going. Mitchell can get pretty hot blooded.. Wouldn't say it was "dirty" but it was a bad situation.. I was hoping he would go down or break out of it. Im sure it fuging hurt.. twisting a knee after running = sore af

[Cam's New Arm]

all this mammer jammer and no gifs???

[Porn Shop Clerk]

it was excessive and a dick move.   he knows stewarts injury history and it looked like he was rolling on it in an unnecessary way.

 

he's garbage and i didn't like him doing that poo in a panther's uniform either.

[CatMan72]

Don't think either play by Mitchell that resulted in injury to Stewart and Tolbert was dirty. On the play that resulted in Stew's injury, Mitchell was holding on for dear life and inadvertently rolled up on Stew's leg.

 

Tolbert actually injured himself when he tried to spin out of Mitchell's hit and landed awkwardly on his leg. 

 

Here are gifs of each play, courtesy of BBR: 

 

 

[nosuchthingasapanther]

Here's how you know 100% if it was dirty.

 

If it had been Keek doing the tackling and Bell with the ball and the same thing happened ... would it have been dirty?

 

There's your answer as to if Mitchell did anything dirty.

bad analogy. mitchell has history, kuechly does not.

kuechly doesn't tackle anything like mitchell. period.

[RJK]

Looked like a super awkward way to go about tackling a guy imo...u generally don't go low tackling somebody from behind

[PantherFanOne]

Not a Mitchell fan but really don't think his intent was to be dirty on those particular hits,it's just the way he plays.However, my feeling is that it would not bother Mitchell at all if he injuries another player.

 

[top dawg]

Don't think either play by Mitchell that resulted in injury to Stewart and Tolbert was dirty. On the play that resulted in Stew's injury, Mitchell was holding on for dear life and inadvertently rolled up on Stew's leg.

 

Tolbert actually injured himself when he tried to spin out of Mitchell's hit and landed awkwardly on his leg. 

 

Here are gifs of each play, courtesy of BBR: 

 

 

 

 

The Stew tackle looks a lot better in slow-mo, but I believe that Tolbert's leg was hurt by the helmet, and didn't have anything to do with him spinning.

[Brooklyn Bully]

bad analogy. mitchell has history, kuechly does not.

kuechly doesn't tackle anything like mitchell. period.

 

No it was a trick to catch homers.