Seattle Seahawks cornerback Jeremy Lane is used to having opponents attempt to take him out by any means necessary on special teams.
Special
teams players are a unique blend of insane and wild. Their main goal is
to run full speed down the field and hit somebody. Most players cannot
wait until they are finally off the special teams unit, and it is hard
to blame them.
Lane just could
not have expected a person on San Francisco’s sidelines to take him out
during the NFC championship game on Sunday.
Seattle
punted on fourth-and-20 from its own 41-yard line to start the second
quarter, and Lane was a member of Seattle’s special teams unit. Lane
somehow ended up on San Francisco’s sidelines, and as he was trying get
back on the field, an unknown person took down Seattle's cornerback near
49ers coach Jim Harbaugh (h/t Greg Smith).
It is hard to tell if the person who took down Lane did it on purpose. However, the NFL will probably look into this incident.
Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin was fined $100,000 for his sideline interference against the Baltimore Ravens in November, even though he said the contact was incidental. Tomlin
interfered with Ravens kick returner Jacoby Jones, and even though coach
was penalized for being too close to the playing field, player safety
has been the NFL's mantra for several seasons.
One thing is certain, nobody is safe on special teams. -shutdown corner
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