I live in a glass house, so I am not going to throw stones.
The hit was clearly late, so you have the flag for a late hit. He is defenseless, but its possibly no one got a real good look at it.
It wasnt "egregiously" targeting.... meaning, I have seen much bigger hits that were very clear. Watching it live i thought...maybe... certainly should be a flag for late hit. Watching it again on review, yes, I agree with most here that was targeting.
But we dont get a second bite at that apple.
As noted earlier, the rule does state, when in doubt, it is targeting.... but I guess we are still getting used to the when in doubt.
Anyway, hypothetically, I might know someone who has had a play like that this year, where it was late, but only after looking at film could that individual confirm it probably should have been targeting... you know, hypothetically.