Adam Jones on DP Show: Brown was faking it

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(01-11-2016, 01:06 PM)Sovereign Nation Wrote: I may be wrong on this, but I do think that there are some other requirements that are important in the defenseless receiver rule.

One the defender must be launching or leading with his helmet.  Which Burfict didn't do.

I will have to check though and even so if that is the rule, I couldn't fault the refs for throwing the flag.

It used to be that only helmet to helmet hits were illegal. They changed the rule to include any hits to the head. Shoulder, forearm, etc.