Agree 100%!!!What is "excessive force" though. Who makes that determination? If the hit is legal the hit is legal as Gator says, that's fully on Dart. I can promise you that if the league starts saying " you hit the player TOO hard" I'm done with the game of Football. Defenses are already hampered enough with where on a player they are allowed to contact. I get offense sells, but it's FOOTBALL. Just give them flags and call it a day at that point.
We have already seen ******** unnecessary roughness for hitting a QB too hard when a guy gets a blindside run at him.
As a defender you dream about getting those shots.... guys be picking their chops to get that chance.
But you can only take that shot against some 4th round backup. Do it against Burrow, or a Brady, or Rodgers,...and you get the flag because you didn't slow down and politely lay him to the ground.