re: Lowering Helmet Rule Passes Wow

Another rule that makes the NFL a step closer to being flag football and makes it purely a passing league. Yippie.

So what happens when a tackler is about to get a sack and the qb drops his head and gets drilled thru no fault of the defensive player?

I remember last year I think Tez Wilson was about to sack Vick and Vick dropped his head into the tackle ad Tez got 15 yards. It was bs. I've seen that happens quite a few times

No you aren't. I was yelled at as a kid to pick my head up and hit with the front of my helmet and shoulders. This prevents a broken neck. You can deliver a more punishing blow hitting squared up with your head up anyway. I also went to a school with a dominant football program, so I guess it worked out just fine.

If they call it as jolting into an opponent with the very top of the helmet, as described, I'm fine with that. It just can't turn into a debate as to if it wasnt or not. Very top of helmet only.

That's the only thing, I just worry about how it'll be officiated.

Going all the way back to middle school football days, coaches teach RB's to run lower than the defense. Yes they teach you not to have your head down. This rule change is dumb

I understand lowering the helmet can result in head/neck injuries on DEFENSE, but anybody that has played football can agree that this rule is absurd. I'd like to see anyone run through a gauntlet of tires (which we did repeatedly in high school) with their head up. It's almost impossible to do without lowering your helmet. In fact, running with your head up would only cause you to instinctively slow down to protect your neck from hyper-extending. Now imagine a running back running into 300 pound linemen on 3rd and goal with their head up. It won't be pretty.

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I'm just saying I had to hear from coaches all the time "pick your head up, you'll break your neck" and it was guys that did a great job developing undersized, moderately athletic white kids.

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Who played DEFENSE. It's just human nature to put your head down when your about to get hit, and it's human nature for a reason. Offensive players are taught to lower their heads, otherwise you'll be getting cracked ribs instead of a scratched helmet.

They wouldn't call that. It's a jolting of the head using it as a weapon. I've said multiple times that the officiating is what will make it much worse. It should only be called if the running back is trying to knock the shite out of a guy by lowering his head.

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Exactly.

But it seems that you and I are being the only rational ones here.

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Yeah, there have been no problems with the implementation of the "defenseless receiver" rule.

This will open up the same problems. And, it materially affects the game. In all practicality, RBs never lower their helmets in an attempt to injure. They lower their helmets as an instinct to either protect themselves or to attempt to break a tackle. It will ABSOLUTELY negatively affect the enjoyment of watching the NFL product if they officials start calling this as frequently as they call the defenseless receiver penalty.