First, I'm not blaming Tee Higgins. Not in the slightest. There's no way he intended what ended up happening to Damar. So let's get that out of the way.
On the Hamlin tackle, Higgins lowers his head but instead of avoiding a hard tackle in that manner, he launched into Hamlin.
The head may not be lowered in order to use the helmet as a weapon. That is the rule for players on both sides of the LOS.
Offensive players lower their head to avoid hard tackles but sometimes they use the head to punish tacklers.
Will the NFL now begin enforcing this on offensive players?
If they are serious about player safety, I think they should for obvious cases like this one where they are not attempting to avoid contact.
On the Hamlin tackle, Higgins lowers his head but instead of avoiding a hard tackle in that manner, he launched into Hamlin.
The head may not be lowered in order to use the helmet as a weapon. That is the rule for players on both sides of the LOS.
Offensive players lower their head to avoid hard tackles but sometimes they use the head to punish tacklers.
Will the NFL now begin enforcing this on offensive players?
If they are serious about player safety, I think they should for obvious cases like this one where they are not attempting to avoid contact.
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