I never really knew the entire story around the hit until about a month or two ago when I was reading Michael Holley's book Dynasty about the Patriots. And he didn't go into any detail.

So I researched it a bit and found an SI article. Stingley returning to Pat stadium a year after is something I read about about a month ago, and it honestly got me choked up. Not often in reading that happens but I think it was the great Ralph Wiley who did it and it was just an awesome piece. So to hear this news so soon after that read is shocking.

But it wasn't a dirty hit. It really wasn't. Tatum was a thug, true but the hit was clean. He was full speed. The only argument is that it was preseason because he had no opportunity to pull up. It's a hit that wasn't illegal then and not illegal now.

Tatum is a thug though. Was good friends with his nephew (see Random Question thread) and...well yeah he's not a great person.