"Hines Ward Rule" Approved

[KINGOFOOTBALL]

1. Its damn near impossible and pretty much worthless to limit a WR/TE blocking to "face and front only".

2. Hines Ward has a text book block in that video. His head was level with Bengals shoulderpads. There helmets as WITH 99.999999 % of other blocks and hits make contact which leads to his injury.

3. This is just going to lead to many more knee injuries as WRs continue to chop block instead. No matter what the NFL is going to get WRs to risk injury and go mix it up with guys 20-40 lbs heavier. They either take the Ward route and missile bomb them like a safety or they go for your thighs and knees.


Once again NFL spend more money on Helmet safety research instead of having Riddell and other companies spend most of it. This aint about safety its about money. You dont want star players sitting out and hurting ratings , and coaches dont want to lose there job over a block.

[Shayn•Da•Pain]

1. Its damn near impossible and pretty much worthless to limit a WR/TE blocking to "face and front only".

2. Hines Ward has a text book block in that video. His head was level with Bengals shoulderpads. There helmets as WITH 99.999999 % of other blocks and hits make contact which leads to his injury.

3. This is just going to lead to many more knee injuries as WRs continue to chop block instead. No matter what the NFL is going to get WRs to risk injury and go mix it up with guys 20-40 lbs heavier. They either take the Ward route and missile bomb them like a safety or they go for your thighs and knees.


Once again NFL spend more money on Helmet safety research instead of having Riddell and other companies spend most of it. This aint about safety its about money. You dont want star players sitting out and hurting ratings , and coaches dont want to lose there job over a block.

I can feel you on that, you might be on to something. Its also about making players feel safer when Hines is on the field. The only reason guys were bitching and moaning about Hines is because he was knocking fools out. So the NFL decides to put it into writing that Hines can still block, just don't go helmet to helmet...in other words just keep smashing into guys like you have been, but we want the other guys to feel like we're coming down on you so we'll flag you for the helmet to helmet stuff. Honestly it should be in there. Hines is protected from defensive players the same way when he's open for season across the middle and defenseless. It's just good policy in general.