IF YOU WATCH college football regularly, you have seen instances when officials have used replay to review blows to the upper body to determine whether it constituted targeting.
It doesn’t take a lot of time, and if the offending player is found guilty of targeting, he is ejected from the game.
The NFL also has a rule against targeting. It just doesn’t have nearly has much bite. It is 15 yards for unsportsmanlike conduct.
Most of the discussion concerning the vicious helmet-to-helmet hit Atlanta Falcons safety Keanu Neal laid on Eagles receiver Jordan Matthews in Sunday’s game is that the officials missed an obvious penalty.