Bronxbomber21 Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 It will be gone come this off-season because of how the Eagles use it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddogblitz Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 14 hours ago, nucci said: Nope, it used to be illegal but now it's allowed.... Exactly. It was a penalty. It was called aiding the runner and it was called. I think it should go back to that. I don't know if anyone has been injured on a play like this but it looks like broken leg waiting to happen. 300 pound guys pushing at each other with a smaller guy in the middle. But, player safety. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddogblitz Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 4 hours ago, Ethan in Cleveland said: No it shouldn't be allowed. You could write a rule a couple of ways. You could specifically write the rule for QB's. Once they are touched from behind by someone on his team, the play is stopped at the point the contact began. Just like the yardage is marked when the QB initiates his slide not where it ends. This would eliminate the QB getting pushed on sneaks because the ball would be short of the line to gain. Or you could write the rule that when a player is not engaged with a defender he can not be propelled forward with a push or pull. Once engaged with a defender all bets are off. This would effectively eliminate a QB or RB getting pushed from behind in a short yardage situation right at the beginning of the play but still allows some of the scrums we see every week where forward momentum is not stopped. Too complicated IMHO. NFL rules are too complicated with too much wiggle room as it is. Either you can't push a guy and its a penalty, or you can. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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