03-21-2016, 07:44 PM
(03-21-2016, 07:04 PM)GMDino Wrote: From the link in the OP.
Yeah...like i said, there is no wording in the written rule about "lining up". That was supposedly the "intent" when the rule was written but there is nothing that specific in the rule.
ARTICLE 8. INITIATING CONTACT WITH THE CROWN OF THE HELMET
It is a foul if a runner or tackler initiates forcible contact by delivering a blow with the top/crown of his helmet against an opponent when both players are clearly outside the tackle box (an area extending from tackle to tackle and from three yards beyond the line of scrimmage to the offensive team’s end line). Incidental contact by the helmet of a runner or tackler against an opponent shall not be a foul.
Note: The tackle box no longer exists once the ball leaves the tackle box.
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