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The way the league's cronies described it, runners can still drop their shoulders. They just can't use their helmet as a "battering ram." Either way, Goodell and the former players are doing their best to destroy the sport.
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I don't know how they expect a RB to protect himself from getting blasted. This is one of the dumbest rules they ever came up with. They are taking away the game of football.
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What about 3rd and 1 yardage to go? What about plays like Priest Holmes diving over the top of the line of scrimmage for a touchdown? I think this rule is going be a petty officials decision case by case on what is allowed or not. They will inforce some and not others. Big cluster**** awaiting to happen.
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My understanding is that this rule applies only if a RB is in space.
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Space = Outside the tackle box
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now women can compete! which is good for football /goody goodell
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I don't see this rule really having any effect on the need for a run stuffer in the middle of your defense. As others have pointed out, it only applies to runners on the outside and downfield.
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Sounds like "downfield" might mean a couple feet past past the tackles. That's not exactly usually 'open space.' I can't find a great definition, but it sounds like "tackle box" is between the tackles and behind them. In front of them, you're no longer in the box.
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the league is worried about safety, yet doesn't require players to wear thigh pads, or knee pads; dudes with no mouth pieces. dudes with chin straps unbuckled. etc.
it's a simple CYA for lawsuits.
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