It's called a "crack-back" block, and you hear both announcers condom it and call it a "crack-back" by name - (including John Gruden). These are the same guys who were just kissing Farve's ass minutes before. So the refs, and the announcers, (one who is a former NFL coach) agree that it's a dirty play and somehow it's no big deal? You don't throw hits like that....as said by one of the announcers: "Thats messing with someones career, and that isn't right".
A "legal hit", ha! You're letting your Farve bias interfere with reality ; ) It was a dirty play.
Meh. I think if it was anyone other than a QB, I
might have a problem with it. I don't agree with that rule. I knocked plenty of guys into next week just like that years ago, except it was above the waist. The defender has to have his head on a swivel. In fact, one of the hardest hits I ever took was a LB who knocked the crap out of me as I ran a little lazy route across the line, inside of five yards, with the ball nowhere in sight. Same kind of play IMO.
I don't think it was a dirty play. This is football for goodness sake. They are constantly trying to sissy up the game.
And I don't like Favre, so no "Favre bias" here.