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Originally Posted by SunnySide
A lot like it but closer to the play.
Cut blocks need to go. Yeah, theyre useful and usually not endangering player safety on those 4th and inch QB sneak plays or goal line dives .. but when its done in space like this, it should be illegal. Not sure how you would word it.
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In an effort to increase player safety, NFL owners approved a change to the league's low block rule.
NFL Network's Tom Pelissero reported the league has given the thumbs up on a proposal first brought by the competition committee that expands prohibition against blocking below the waist. The approved proposal illegalizes blocking below the waist by offensive and defensive players on scrimmage downs when contact occurs beyond five yards on either side of the line of scrimmage and more than two yards outside of either offensive tackle.
The league had previously outlawed blocks below the waist by players of either team after a change of possession or during kicks. This update expands the rule to scrimmage downs, leaving the aforementioned rectangle of pre-snap space as the last real estate in which blocks below the waist are permitted.
https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-owners-...tart-training-
from 2021 .. |
This is from 2021 and they haven't been banned yet?
Honestly they should've been banned for years - guys are having years taken off their careers when they blow out their knee from these blocks.