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Hit Of The Week: DeSean Jackson-Dunta Robinson double knockout (VIDEO)

By ArtieFufkin

(Photo: Getty Images via CSNPhilly.com)

We’ve started a new tradition here at ReadAndReact by bringing you the Hit of the Week! We’ll find the most brutal tackle (or block) from each weekend of NFL games, and present it for your viewing pleasure.

This week’s HOTW was scary when it happened, and it’s probably the most violent collision we’ve seen so far this season.  Eagles WR DeSean Jackson got absolutely lit up by Falcons DB Dunta Robinson during the 2nd quarter of today’s 31-17 Philadelphia win.  On the play, Jackson was hung out to dry by QB Kevin Kolb and Robinson delivered a devastating – and somewhat controversial – shot, which did draw a penalty.

Both players were injured on the hit, and each laid motionless on the turf for a few minutes before being helped off the field.  Neither would return to the game, but Jackson – who had scored 2 TDs already in the game – clearly got the worse of it, suffering a “severe concussion” and memory loss from the blow.  His status moving forward is unknown, having also missed time with a concussion last year.

WATCH THE HIT OF THE WEEK AFTER THE JUMP

Watch for yourselves and tell us if you think this was a clean hit:

Robinson was flagged on the play for hitting a defenseless receiver, but Jackson was clearly in the process of making a catch, so I’m not sure where that call came from. Robinson didn’t “launch himself” or deliver a blow to the helmet either.  It was a brutal, but clean hit … just a defender separating the receiver from the ball the only way he knows how.  I’m not sure how you could coach it any differently.