Are you being sarcastic Philipj? That guy catches the pass and its a 30 yard gain. Instead, he got his bell rung by the hit of the year and its a 15 yard gain from the penalty which was a bad call. He got JACKED UP--the rest is irrelevant.
Lewis thought the Bengals got wronged Sunday when strong safety Kevin Kaesviharn was whistled for unnecessary roughness when he drilled New England wide receiver Reche Caldwell in midair to knock a pass loose. The officials called it helmet-to-helmet, but replays showed Kaesviharn turned his shoulder to avoid leading with his head.
"It's tackle football, right?" Kaesviharn asked Monday. "I wasn't out there trying to go head-to-head. Things happen so fast, you just can't do all the things they expect you to do. They're trying to protect players, I understand that but I don't know in that situation."
Lewis agreed with a smile.
"We aren't allowed to comment on those things and you know that. It looked like he turned his shoulder a little bit, though, didn't it?" Lewis asked. "He turned his shoulder. He didn't hit with the side of his helmet. He turned. His helmet never touched the other player, and I don't think the other player's helmet ever got hit. To me, it looked like it was a shoulder-to-shoulder collision. But it's a difficult thing for that guy in the back to make that call. We have a chance to slow it down and watch it, and I'm sure television has an even better view of it than what I've seen on tape. All that guy sees from behind is what occurs, and you need help from other people."
