Helmet to Helmet calls on Shoulder Hits

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by Buck

Well in the Denver game the defender hit the ball carrier perfectly with shoulder pad to shoulder pad and the ref said Helmet to Helmet.

The same thing happened against the Cards with us last week. They got called on a helmet to helmet when it was just a perfect shoulder pad to shoulder pad.

I didn't realize that any shoulder to shoulder hit could be called unnecessary roughness.

Who knows anymore. I know I've seen a lot of "defenseless receiver" calls that weren't anywhere close to helmet to helmet hits, but I couldn't even begin to describe what is and isn't legal at this point.