The Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Baltimore Ravens, 17-10, in Week 5. The Steelers came back to win a fairly boring game with a very eventful fourth quarter thanks to a lack of ball protection from the Ravens. Speaking of ball protection, Zay Flowers dropped a pass from Lamar Jackson earlier in the game and got punched by TJ Watt.
No, really, TJ Watt just punched Flowers while trying to break up a pass that had already been dropped. Though I'm not sure it should really matter. We see defenders punching balls while trying to cause fumbles all the time, but a straight up punch trying to break up a pass? Seems like you shouldn't be allowed to do that. Especially if you're going to miss and punch the receiver in the chest / neck / head area.
Flowers went down like he got punched. It's not what you would call a football move.
This is pretty clearly a punch, right? It seems fine-worthy at the very least. Or maybe punch intention comes into play here. Since it was a defensive punch and not a punch of physical aggression, it's OK.
Watt finished with two tackles, two sacks, two passes defensed and two QB hits. And this one punch.
This article was originally published on thebiglead as TJ Watt Punched Zay Flowers During Steelers - Ravens Game.
