Question about the slide rule

It is where he starts his slide. The gain after giving himself up is irrelevent.

Starts the slide. It was the right call. MVB had no reason to slide there though.

It’s to prevent QBs from beating the system. The defensive players have to pull up when they see a QB giving himself up

Basically what we learned is, don’t slide.

Player safety is only a focus part of the time.

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Starts the slide. It was the right call. MVB had no reason to slide there though.

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You will get downvoted, but it doesn't change the fact you are correct. He should have held from sliding so early. Or just dove head first. He still had plenty of space to avoid being hit.

This rule is thanks to the QBs faking sliding and running in for a TD a few years back. The easy answer is to dive which he did later in the game. They still can’t really hit you once you dive too much of a risk of targeting.

Van Buren could easily have solved that problem by not sliding in that critical situation.