Danny Trevathan hit on Davante Adams - what if it were Burfict?

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(09-29-2017, 03:37 PM)GreenCornBengal Wrote: The whole thing with illegal hits in the NFL is confusing as hell.

Shazier's hit was ok because of the following rule

RULE 12, SECTION 2, 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.

But when I go back to the play, Gio was wayyyy outside of the tackle box. Am I confused about the tackle box?

It seems that both plays the guys were way out of the tackle box so it constitutes as an illegal hit... Still not sure how Shazier gets away with things... remember when Dupree murdered Matt Moore as well?

NFL is so wishy washy with this stuff

Shazier's hit was NOT ok because of that rule. Shazier's hit was illegal according to that rule, but it was declared legal by the NFL because somewhere in between those letters in really small type is some kind of nonsense about lining up a receiver (which, IMO, Shazier STILL did, but whatevs).