NFL says Clay Matthews’ hit was perfect example of roughing the passer

First it was Tony Corrente throwing the flag on Green Bay Packers linebacker Clay Matthews for roughing the passer. Then Corrente doubled down in a conference call with media after the game Green Bay Packers Womens T-Shirt , saying he applied the rulebook correctly.Now, the NFL as a whole is tripling down on Corrente’s call on Matthews. According to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, the league is actually going to include a clip of Matthews’ hit on Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins in a training video for teams regarding penalty calls. Specifically, they are using that clip as an example of an illegal hit under the rule book Green Bay Packers Hats , referring to Matthews’ tackle of Cousins as a “scoop-and-pull” technique that it deems to be worthy of a roughing the passer penalty. The same will go for a penalty flag called on the Vikings’ Eric Kendricks for a hit on Aaron Rodgers, which used a similar technique and has also been rightfully receiving criticism around the league after the game for drawing a flag from Corrente.Take a listen to Pelissero himself, who discussed this decision by the league Monday afternoon on NFL Network:That’s right. Matthews’ hit is apparently the textbook example of a roughing the passer call. Somehow, Matthews is deemed to have picked Cousins up and driven him into the ground Green Bay Packers Womens Hoodie , despite Cousins leaving his feet for a split-second on the follow-through of a 50-yard throw and Matthews wrapping his arms around Cousins’ waist at the point that the ball left Cousins’ hand.For any NFL fans who thought that the catch rule would be the most controversial change in the league this season, we’re sorry to say that you were wrong.Perhaps the best part of the video is Pelissero’s face at the end of the clip, which pretty much says it all for anyone outside the league’s officiating office who heard this explanation:(H/t to APC’s Matub for the screenshot.)UPDATE: Former heads of NFL officiating Mike Pereira and Dean Blandino, who both now work for the FOX TV network Womens Customized Green Bay Packers Jerseys , asserted on Monday that hits like these should not be penalized as they are not overly dangerous. Take a look at their comments here: The Packers won on Sunday and that’s enough for quarterback Aaron Rodgers to feel “excited to go home and have a scotch or two.”The 22-0 victory over the Bills isn’t one that’s going to make Rodgers feel content about the team’s offense, however. The Packers picked up 423 yards in the game, but the quarterback called it “non-playoff team offensive-level” and lamented the lack of opportunities given to wide receiver Davante Adams because the Buffalo defense “couldn’t stop him.”Rodgers said the Packers have to “find ways to get him” the ball after being “terrible on offense” in Sunday’s win.“I’m also a realist,” Rodgers said www.packerscheapshoponline.com , via ESPN.com. “That’s just not acceptable offense for us. Four hundred and twenty-three yards looks pretty good in comparison to some of the games we’ve put forward the first three weeks, but it should have been about 45 points and 600 yards.”Rodgers got two practice sessions in this week after being limited to one in each of the previous two weeks because of his knee injury. We’ll find out what kind of schedule he’ll be on ahead of Week Five against the Lions in the next couple of days.