NFL Owners Pass Four New Player Safety Rules

[tryfuhl]

Wedge one is silly.. you're gonna probably find more full-speed contacts on kick returns due to that.. I can't see where the wedge blocking at a slower speed would hurt more people than someone blasting through straight at a returner

what's the rule on distance between them and other blockers? can you do a double 2 man wedge but slightly split apart?

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Such tackles will be a point of emphasis with officiating crews in 2009.


So will holding penalties, on which the variance of calls from crew to crew has been huge. Pereira's office is compiling a tape that will be shown to officials, coaching staffs and players.


"It's one area we need to find consistency from crew to crew," he said.


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That's kind of good news, other than some of our line being a bit hold friendly, we def got the downside of uncalled holds in some games