All tackles lead with the head

cwerph · Oct 29, 2023

Do all tackles lead with the crown of the helmet?

Asking for a friend.

ELTEXAN · Oct 29, 2023

cwerph said:
Do all tackles lead with the crown of the helmet?

Asking for a friend.

Apparently, if you keep your head up, you can still get called for crown.
Heck, in the first place keeping your head up at the runners head level is the dangerous thing to do… but yet this rule and it’s prosecution calls for it.

It is all around and in every aspect the dumbest fucking thing on earth.

Form tackle: crown exposed.
Keep head up: going in at head level … and you can still get called for crown.

Go low for form tackle, making sure you try to hit with shoulder: runner ducks and you still get ejected.

EVERY TACKLE LEADS WITH THE HEAD.

THIS RULE IS MORE THAN A JOKE

jjc2009 · Oct 29, 2023

You know what doesn’t lead with the head? Throwing snowballs. That will cost you 15 yards too.

ELTEXAN · Jan 28, 2024

Ravens rusher keeps head up. Doesn’t hit with crown as newly defined. Still gets penalty.
So keep head up or nah? Cuz either gets you penalized

Across The Field · Jan 29, 2024

ELTEXAN said:
Ravens rusher keeps head up. Doesn’t hit with crown as newly defined. Still gets penalty.
So keep head up or nah? Cuz either gets you penalized

Maybe next time he should try wearing a #15 Chiefs jersey.