NFL Bans All Chop Blocks

[Big/Sky/Fly]

NFL bans all chop blocks

Posted by Michael David Smith on March 22, 2016, 12:41 PM EDT

The chop block is no longer legal in the National Football League.

For decades, defensive players have complained about chop blocks, which happen when one offensive player blocks a defensive player low while another offensive player blocks the defensive player high. In recent years, the NFL has added more restrictions to cut down on chop blocks, but today the league voted to ban them entirely.

Defensive linemen will celebrate the league’s decision, which came from a vote of the NFL’s owners at today’s meeting. Some offensive linemen and coaches, however, believe that in certain situations chop blocks are fair game and are necessary to properly block on certain plays.

Ultimately, the NFL decided that with its increased emphasis on player safety, the league simply couldn’t justify allowing a move that so many players say can lead to serious knee injuries. And so the 2016 season will mark the first year in the history of the NFL that all chop blocks are illegal, all the time.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2016/03/22/nfl-bans-all-chop-blocks/

 

[tymcginty]

This adds nothing of value to this thread. I am aware of this...

 

[AllWorldTE]

I'd like to know how they are defining "chop block" for this particular rule. Are they banning all cut blocks as in blocks below the waist or are they banning all blocks where there is any contact with one high and one low even if the contact is simply one player releasing off a combo block while the other rolls the defender from the other side? That's a huge staple in many a zone scheme. It should be interesting to see how this is presented and interpreted.

 

[Big/Sky/Fly]

It'll probably enforced on the Pats to the extreme...and any other team won't see a difference in penalties.

 

[foobahl]

I thought the chop block was a staple of the Denver running game?

 

[AllWorldTE]

It'll probably enforced on the Pats to the extreme...and any other team won't see a difference in penalties.

Thankfully it's not a big part of the Pat's game. Denver on the other hand...

 

[Big/Sky/Fly]

I thought the chop block was a staple of the Denver running game?

Yup...that and vasoline.

 

[fulltilt]

Yup...that and vasoline.

Just look at that back hitting that hole!

 

[Mazz22]

Thankfully it's not a big part of the Pat's game. Denver on the other hand...

Kubiak is screwed. As if he wasn't already with Butt Fumble as his QB.