The NFL is putting an emphasis on player safety, especially protecting the quarterbacks. It is no secret that the NFL is a quarterback driven league. It back-to-back weeks, Packers Linebacker Clay Matthews was flagged for late hits on the opposing quarterbacks, both at the end of the game.
The late hit in the Bears game against Trubisky was clearly a late hit. The call against Matthews on Sunday in the Minnesota game against Kirk Cousins is the most questionable call of the two. Referee Tony Corrente ruled insisted that Clay Matthews lifted and drove Kirk Cousins into the ground on the tackle.