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well you also did say it wasn't a rule.

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so the NFL just names penalties in their rulebook that dont exist?

http://old.post-gazette.com/pg/09083/957938-100.stm
again, think about the Favre hit where he got hurt.

http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2012/3/21/2891901/nfl-proposed-rule-changes-injured-reserve-rosters/in/2655871
Expanding the rule on crackback blocks that would make it illegal to hit players in the head or neck area

this is from the rulebook from last season...
CRACKBACK (ILLEGAL)
Article 11 At the snap, an offensive player who is aligned in a position more than two yards laterally outside
an offensive tackle, or a player who is in a backfield position at the snap and then moves to a position
more than two yards laterally outside a tackle, may not clip an opponent anywhere, nor may he contact an
opponent below the waist if the blocker is moving toward the position where the ball was snapped from,
and the contact occurs within an area five yards on either side of the line of scrimmage.
Note 1: A player aligned more than two yards laterally outside a tackle at the snap is designated as being
flexed.
Note 2: If runner (passer) scrambles on the play, significantly changing the original direction (broken play), the
crackback block is legal.
Penalty: Illegal crackback block: Loss of 15 yards.
A.R. 12.20 Second-and-10 on A40. Flanker A1 sets up five yards outside of offensive tackle A2. At the snap, A1 comes
back and crackback blocks B1. Contact is made at the A38 behind the offensive tackle’s original position.
Runner goes to 50.
Ruling: A’s ball second-and-25 on A25. Illegal crackback block. Penalize from previous spot.

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