I completely agree with you. Disciplined football is so much more important than most people think and it is all encompassing in every part of the game. Situational awareness alone would dictate to you that you do not need to hit the QB there. And he was well out of bounds by the time that contact was made. That is a classic example of a guy wanting to be bigger than the moment and his team.
A few colleagues, mixed bag of men and women, were group texting and the sentiment of “feeling bad” for #58 was being thrown out. Thankfully I kept myself from responding to them because the moment that play happened my take was - “WHAT A SELFISH AHOLE!!!!” As was a few teammates from what is being found on audio from the sideline reports….