Fonz said:
How was it a dog act? Even Stewart said it was a legal hit.
I have heard it called a legal hit plenty of times, and I have watched the replay about 100 times. They hit Brett simultaneous to his catching the ball, no problem there. Crockers shoulder and upper arm then strike Brett flush across the head, which knocked him out cold as a maggot. I'm not too sure about this year, but I'm pretty sure that in 2007 striking an opponents head and knocking them out was considered both illegal and a dog act.
But I have only looked at it 100 times, so I might have missed something.