Just over two years ago, the league's Competition Committee adopted a new rule placing a ban on a ball carrier initiating contact with the crown of his helmet in the open field or by a defender while making a tackle.
You were harshly critical of the rule change, and posted a series of tweets arguing that lowering your shoulders (and, in turn, your head) was an instinctual way of protecting yourself from tacklers and as a means of breaking a tackle.
Has your stance on this softened since 2013 in light of growing cases of head trauma around the league? If not, what do you think the NFL can do in order to protect its players while protecting the integrity of the game for all involved?
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Just over two years ago, the league's Competition Committee adopted a new rule placing a ban on a ball carrier initiating contact with the crown of his helmet in the open field or by a defender while making a tackle.
You were harshly critical of the rule change, and posted a series of tweets arguing that lowering your shoulders (and, in turn, your head) was an instinctual way of protecting yourself from tacklers and as a means of breaking a tackle.
Has your stance on this softened since 2013 in light of growing cases of head trauma around the league? If not, what do you think the NFL can do in order to protect its players while protecting the integrity of the game for all involved?
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