Sho Nuff

Not saying he will be as good...but watching him in college it reminded me of the last few years with Charles Woodson in GB. Slot corner...ball hawk...play him near the line and let him make plays.

So many head lowering RBs that plowed through tacklers and went on to become beloved folk heroes will be a footnote in history which the league will redact and lecture to us how evil their style of play was.

Injuries happen. If you try to prevent one type of injury, a different one will materialize. You trying to plug up 17 leaks with 2 fingers. It's a waste of time and it suffocates the competitiveness. A player should be able to react naturally, not stop and think if he makes a tackle or tries to break a tackle, will he be fined.

The only way to cut down on injuries is to force every ball carrier to do a QB slide and give themselves up before a tackler can reach him. Football is a game that is forcibly being changed to "nice" and "sensitive interviews" and "family friendly". And all of those thing suck.

And how many of those beloved players are in terrible medical condition now? Earl Campbell anyone? Guy is the poster boy for a bruising style of RB...and look at him today.
First it was thought to be a genetic condition...but the more test he has done...even he says much of it likely came from the way he played the game.


Just because you can't prevent every injury, does not mean they should not try to do things.
To think that this penalty will somehow suffocate the competetiveness is a ridiculous notion.

The one thing I wonder about though, is will we see an increase of knee injuries in RBs due to them not being able protect themselves like they're used to?

So by not leading with the crown of their helmet...they will get hit in the knees?

I'm not clear on what he should do differently there -- he was bottled in on both sides.

Not drop the top of his head down exposing himself to possible head injury, neck injury, and spinal injury?

Correct me if I'm wrong but wouldn't this rule reduce spinal injuries? I would think if the running back is not lowering his head that the head would be less likely to get compressed into the neck from hitting the defender with the crown of the helmet.

Pretty much...so much misunderstanding of this rule.