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<blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 770287"><p>It's about the money:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/attorney-nfls-dollar1-billion-concussion-settlement-system-broken/ar-AAvly6F" target="_blank">https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/attorney-nfls-dollar1-billion-concussion-settlement-system-broken/ar-AAvly6F</a></p><p></p><p>I can't see how this rule would look in the run game within a few yards of the line of scrimage. Good form runners get low before contact; good form tacklers get low. In short yardage runs everybody along the line gets low. In the split seconds helmets collide. The rule applies to both defense and offense and is a blanket dictum over the entire field in every situation with every player.</p><p></p><p>If the league means to eliminate these forms of contact they might as well complement and reinforce this rule by saying nobody can play with a hand in the dirt. Everybody along the line must play head up. Then it will be incumbent on lead blockers and runners to play high and not drill defenders in the chest with the helmet or they draw the flag.</p><p></p><p>We've seen major changes to rules in the last 40 years: offensive linemen allowed to block with extended arms and with their hands, the chuck rule and QB protections, slanted toward the offense, that changed the face of the game from run-first to pass-first. Those changes would appear incremental compared to a change that penalized helmet contact at the line of scrimage.</p><p></p><p>The kinds of players required to execute in line with these rules changes entirely. And with everybody playing high, expect leg injuries to go up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HardRightEdge, post: 770287"] It's about the money: [URL]https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/attorney-nfls-dollar1-billion-concussion-settlement-system-broken/ar-AAvly6F[/URL] I can't see how this rule would look in the run game within a few yards of the line of scrimage. Good form runners get low before contact; good form tacklers get low. In short yardage runs everybody along the line gets low. In the split seconds helmets collide. The rule applies to both defense and offense and is a blanket dictum over the entire field in every situation with every player. If the league means to eliminate these forms of contact they might as well complement and reinforce this rule by saying nobody can play with a hand in the dirt. Everybody along the line must play head up. Then it will be incumbent on lead blockers and runners to play high and not drill defenders in the chest with the helmet or they draw the flag. We've seen major changes to rules in the last 40 years: offensive linemen allowed to block with extended arms and with their hands, the chuck rule and QB protections, slanted toward the offense, that changed the face of the game from run-first to pass-first. Those changes would appear incremental compared to a change that penalized helmet contact at the line of scrimage. The kinds of players required to execute in line with these rules changes entirely. And with everybody playing high, expect leg injuries to go up. [/QUOTE]
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