Yesterday, 04:41 PM
(Yesterday, 01:45 PM)sandwedge Wrote: The NFL needs to figure out what holding is. A horse collar sometimes is holding and sometimes it isn't, depending on the game situation. KC must teach their OTs this technique. There was a shit ton last night that were not worth the time to call, apparently.
There is one scenario that does allow an NFL lineman to hold momentarily, and that is if the defensive linemen uses a rip technique.
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- ...if, during a defensive charge, a defensive player uses a “rip” technique that puts an offensive player in a position that would normally be holding, unless and until the defender’s feet are taken away from him by the blocker’s action....
This is why it appears that Hendrickson is held so much but they don't get called. His primary move is a rip and he is in this situation often.
