TK Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 For Immediate Release March 22, 2020 REDSKINS RE-SIGN LB JON BOSTIC LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. – The Washington Redskins announced today that they have re-signed linebacker Jon Bostic. Full terms of the deal were not disclosed. Bostic, (6-1, 245), a six-year NFL veteran, entered the league after being selected in the second round (18th pick, 50th overall) of the 2013 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears. Bostic has appeared in 86 games and has started in 62 of those contests. He has recorded 415 tackles (260 solo), 6.5 sacks, two interceptions, 12 passes defensed and two fumble recoveries in his career. Last season, Bostic started all 16 games in which he appeared. He tallied a career-high 105 total tackles (56 solo), leading his position group and finishing second on the team behind safety Landon Collins. He also had one sack, one interception, two passes defensed and three tackles for loss. Bostic played collegiately at Florida and appeared in 51 games with 32 starts. Bostic, 28, attended Palm Beach Central H.S. in Wellington, Fla. where he received all-state honors and was selected to the U.S. Army All-American Bowl team. He was born May 5, 1991. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rook Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 Coach must have finished reviewing Bostic's 2019 film. 😉 The Rook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Est.1974 Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 Are these drip feeding through once physicals are being done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petey hodge Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 So did Bostic just make one bad play... or does he have a history of being a "dirty" player? Discuss (because, i dont know the answer) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Washington Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 Bostic was probably trying to force a fumble but was a couple steps late. That’s a chance you may consider when you’re down a couple of scores earlier in the game, but totally unnecessary and obviously dangerous (and expensive for him). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dissident2 Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 2 hours ago, petey hodge said: So did Bostic just make one bad play... or does he have a history of being a "dirty" player? Discuss (because, i dont know the answer) He doesn't have a history as far as I know. Looked like he did what a lot of players do: make a bad decision in a split second. I don't think he was trying to be dirty or to hurt anyone. Has never seemed like that kind of player here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColonialWBSkinsFan Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 It was an ugly play for sure, and he deserves whatever fine he gets from the league... BUT, he's helping to set the tone against our arch-rival... I agree that based on past history it doesn't appear that he has ever been the kind of player to take dirty shots (like, for instance our own Brandon Merriweather)... all that being said I don't mind him making an agressive play against our most hated rival's starting QB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petey hodge Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Man.. he got ripped by the pre-game guys on NBC for being a dirty player, yada-yada... When I see the replay it's not Clowney-bad... is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdaddy Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 9 minutes ago, petey hodge said: Man.. he got ripped by the pre-game guys on NBC for being a dirty player, yada-yada... When I see the replay it's not Clowney-bad... is it? in the 1970's it's a no-call....he's not a dirty player, he's trying to stay relevant and make a play. This stuff happens in football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redskinss Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 I didn't see a guy trying to be dirty. I saw a guy who was trying to make a critical stop on 3rd down and got way over aggressive. He definitely deserves to be punished by the league but in my opinion not admonished by fans as being dirty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malapropismic Depository Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 They might as well make the QB slide illegal. Because if not, one of 2 things will happen. Either defensive players will play scared whenever a QB is running toward them, and/or these inevitable hits will continue to happen. I mean, if a QB is going to slide and therefore drop his head down to the level where the defender was going to hit him, a millisecond earlier, what could possibly go wrong with that ? The game happens too fast to expect defenders to slam the breaks in mid-air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carex Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Just now, Malapropismic Depository said: They might as well make the QB slide illegal. Because if not, one of 2 things will happen. Either defensive players will play scared whenever a QB is running toward them, and/or these inevitable hits will continue to happen. I mean, if a QB is going to slide and therefore drop his head down to the level where the defender was going to hit him, a millisecond earlier, what could possibly go wrong with that ? The game happens too fast to expect defenders to slam the breaks in mid-air. that's the way I feel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDawg Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Bostic isn’t a dirty player. The hit on Dalton was a dirty play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owa Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 I expected him to be suspended but looks like we got lucky. They are reporting that it is likely he won't be suspended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichmondRedskin88 Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 That was suspension worthy. You can tell he lowers himself to drive into Dalton who is already in his slide. Even if he didn’t get the hit he still was going for a sliding QB at downward angle. No excuse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CousinsCowgirl84 Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 14 hours ago, kingdaddy said: in the 1970's it's a no-call....he's not a dirty player, he's trying to stay relevant and make a play. This stuff happens in football. it’s not the 1970s I don’t think he is dirty but that hit is certainly worth a game or two He did all the things wrong.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RansomthePasserby Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 14 hours ago, Malapropismic Depository said: They might as well make the QB slide illegal. Because if not, one of 2 things will happen. Either defensive players will play scared whenever a QB is running toward them, and/or these inevitable hits will continue to happen. I mean, if a QB is going to slide and therefore drop his head down to the level where the defender was going to hit him, a millisecond earlier, what could possibly go wrong with that ? The game happens too fast to expect defenders to slam the breaks in mid-air. Yeah I agree, QBs are trying to have their cake and eat it too. A QB has to either gain the yards and take the shot standing up or concede the yards and to save their bodies by sliding before a defender has committed to the tackle. They can’t have both. They need to make an “dangerous slide” rule that makes sliding while a defender has committed to the tackle a penalty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audible_Red40 Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 It reminded me of the Kiko Alonso hit on Joe Flacco a few years ago. It's bang bang in football, tough not to be aggressive when aggressive is in you. But, in this day and age, he will pay a price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdaddy Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 2 minutes ago, RansomthePasserby said: Yeah I agree, QBs are trying to have their cake and eat it too. A QB has to either gain the yards and take the shot standing up or concede the yards and to save their bodies by sliding before a defender has committed to the tackle. They can’t have both. They need to make an “dangerous slide” rule that makes sliding while a defender has committed to the tackle a penalty One rule that seems reasonable is to not allow defenders to launch/leave their feet to tackle a QB. QB's can only be grabbed while they are running and not launched upon. Launching at runners and receivers is the biggest problem in my opinion for both offensive and defensive players. There is no reason in the world why Bostic would need to launch himself at a 35 year old QB like Andy Dalton. I think launching by defenders should be a penalty when it happens on defenseless receivers and on QB's. Go back in the day and watch how guys tackled...wrap up and take em down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichmondRedskin88 Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 This hit would be ok in 80s or earlier but not now. There’s a reason players from those times now have scrambled egged for brains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xameil Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 So...after watching this hit from multiple angles and in slow motion, I don't feel this hit by any means intentional. If you watch, he was already in the process of going low for the hit when Dalton started to slide. This was just an unfortunate coincidence, and can be chalked up to an aggressive player trying to stop a running player ( because once he is in front of the LOS, a QB is a RB). So, unintentional dirty play from a historically non dirty player. But thats just my opinion...maybe I'm seeing things differently.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malapropismic Depository Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 1 hour ago, RansomthePasserby said: Yeah I agree, QBs are trying to have their cake and eat it too. I saw a perfect example of this in a KC game. Mahomes was apparently intent on running out of bounds, by all appearances. The defender, concerned he might have an unintentional, incidental hit on him as he ran out, slowed down and avoided contact, in order to avoid a huge penalty, expecting Mahomes to run out. But what does Mahomes do ? He makes a U-turn right at the boundary, runs back towards mid-field, away from the defender, and just got some more free yards AND a First Down that he otherwise would not have gotten, all because defenders have to play scared now. So, now you've literally got QB's pretending to run out of bounds, to take advantage of the rule. So, what's to stop QB's from pretending to slide, so the defender will back off, and then gather himself into running position, and take off for more yards ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CousinsCowgirl84 Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 3 hours ago, Malapropismic Depository said: I saw a perfect example of this in a KC game. Mahomes was apparently intent on running out of bounds, by all appearances. The defender, concerned he might have an unintentional, incidental hit on him as he ran out, slowed down and avoided contact, in order to avoid a huge penalty, expecting Mahomes to run out. But what does Mahomes do ? He makes a U-turn right at the boundary, runs back towards mid-field, away from the defender, and just got some more free yards AND a First Down that he otherwise would not have gotten, all because defenders have to play scared now. So, now you've literally got QB's pretending to run out of bounds, to take advantage of the rule. So, what's to stop QB's from pretending to slide, so the defender will back off, and then gather himself into running position, and take off for more yards ? You don’t have to hit him to make sure he he goes out of bounds... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malapropismic Depository Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 19 minutes ago, CousinsCowgirl84 said: You don’t have to hit him to make sure he he goes out of bounds... I agree. But most of the time, players are so full of adrenaline, it's either all or nothing. Ideally, a player should have the self-control, to do just enough to end the play in those delicate situations. So, it IS possible. It just takes discipline. But I still believe, that the way they call many of these penalties, that at least some of those "illegal hits" are unavoidable. It's like asking a player to go from 60mph to Zero, in a fraction of a second. Again, not all the time. It's very situational. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CousinsCowgirl84 Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Refs seem to be able to use reasonable discretion on this to me... the ones that get callee are usually pretty bad.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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