Week 9 NFL Head Hits

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'I think you can be consistent': How NFL refs decide who gets ejected (or not) for head hits

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All three hits to the head and neck area of defenseless receivers went unpunished during Week 9 games.

Only one of those hits was deemed "flagrant" by officials and//or league officials.

NFL rulebook defines flagrant as "extremely objectionable, conspicuous, unnecessary, avoidable, or gratuitous" The league's ethos has long been to limit disqualifications to the most serious offenses.

Owners agreed in 2018 to let the league office weigh in on ejections.

The ejection structure is designed to minimize discrepancies among officials.

The NFL does consider some non-football acts worthy of automatic ejections, including a punch, a kick and contact with an official.

The league has tried to set up parameters to ensure that it doesn't apply to inadvertent aggression.

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