Redskins Lions postgame

[donofriose]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

I agree it's a dumb rule. He clearly gave himself up. There shouldn't be a difference between going head first or feet first.

Well the problem with that is if an offensive player slides forward to get more yards should a defender be penalized for hitting them as they are going forward?

For example, if the first down was a yard a way and the QB was trying to dive for the first down and a defender was standing right there how would the defender know if the QB is giving himself up or not.