Random rule change thought

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by DenverChief

Seems people forget this - he was defenseless

https://operations.nfl.com/the-rules...seless-player/

Yeah, I just don't know how you really avoid that collision, besides giving up on the play... the guy took a step or two and it was just as much JJSS "running into him" than it was destroying a defenseless receiver.

Avoiding a hit like that, IMO, is basically telling the defender to stop playing football and don't even react to the pass.

Unlike the one a couple plays later where dude launched himself at the receiver.

It's letter of the law vs spirit of the law, IMO.... letter of the law says the JJSS hit was a penalty and the other one wasn't, yet I have no idea what I'd tell the defender on the first one. Uh, don't get in the way? On the second one, it's hey numbnuts, you're going to kill someone.