Turd Ferguson
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Anything to the helmet is going to be called now, it can be shoulder to the helmet, helmet to helmet, it can be a simple hand brushing against the quarterbacks helmet. Then there is defenseless receiver when already engaged with another player or you launch yourself in the air. The gif above is close but is only called into question because of how bullshit the NFL has become. Think about it the player has the ball turned looking has taken two steps, and Mayo just runs through him in the chest, not helmet, doesnt touch the helmet, doesn't launch it is a text book amazing hit, but the only reason we even think it may be bad is because the NFL likes to arbitrarily assign penalties to things like that now.
Agreed. The defenseless receiver rule is THE WORST. It rewards throwing high passes across the middle of the field that would normally be incomplete. The only thing that should be illegal is leading with your helmet.