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4 minutes ago, Iceman said:

So run like Eric Dickerson, or get a penalty?

Doesn't matter how you run. Don't lower your head like he did. That was at knee level when he hit the defender. If you tell the defender they can't go helmet to helmet than the same applies to offense.

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Actually looked it up since I thought the rule existed

It is a foul if a player:
  • lowers his head and makes forcible contact with his helmet against an opponent; or.
  • uses any part of his helmet or facemask to butt or make forcible contact to an opponent's head or neck.

 

They just ignore it if it is done by offense

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4 minutes ago, AUinHsv said:

Doesn't matter how you run. Don't lower your head like he did. That was at knee level when he hit the defender. If you tell the defender they can't go helmet to helmet than the same applies to offense.

what about a helmet to the chest by the RB?

Just asking because it's one of the most ( justifiably) celebrated plays in football history, especially round these parts.

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1 minute ago, Iceman said:

what about a helmet to the chest by the RB?

Just asking because it's one of the most ( justifiably) celebrated plays in football history, especially round these parts.

Isiah Robertson has nothing to say. It was perfectly legal back then and still is since the chest isn't the head So was the clothesline and actually grabbing the facemask was legal at one point

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2 minutes ago, AUinHsv said:

Actually looked it up since I thought the rule existed

It is a foul if a player:
  • lowers his head and makes forcible contact with his helmet against an opponent; or.
  • uses any part of his helmet or facemask to butt or make forcible contact to an opponent's head or neck.

 

They just ignore it if it is done by offense

I thought a few years ago the NFL specifically made a rule for the offense and it got called maybe once in preseason and then never in the regular season and they got rid of it.

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3 minutes ago, Iceman said:

what about a helmet to the chest by the RB?

Just asking because it's one of the most ( justifiably) celebrated plays in football history, especially round these parts.

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