New safety rules Interceptions included for defenseless players
By Bill Bradley, contributing editorEditor's note: This is the fifth of five capsules explaining the NFL's new player-safety rules that were pa sed at last week's Annual Meeting.FRIDAY: Expansion of defensele s receiver rule.Who:Wide receivers, tight ends and Alexander Alexeyev Jersey running backs.When:All Dmitry Orlov Jersey pa sing plays.What:Under the rule change, the intended receiver of a pa s in the immediate continuing action following an interception is now protected as a defensele s receiver. If the player is capable of avoiding or warding off the impending contact, he is no longer a defensele s player.Where: It is a foul if a player initiates unnece sary contact against a player who is in a defensele s posture. Previously, the pa ser and the receiver were protected prior to and during the act of catching a Devante Smith-Pelly Jersey pa s. Now, both are protected after an interception.How will be it be enforced:A 15-yard penalty for unnece sary roughne s.Reaction:"It makes sense to carry that receiver. We saw a lot of hits, and he gets defensele s player protection, Ilya Samsonov Jersey Matt Niskanen Jersey but in the event that the ball is picked off by a linebacker and the player is hit immediately in the head and neck area by another player, that should be a foul." -- coach Jeff Fisher, who is a member of the NFL Competition Committee.
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