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It was a cut block. He wasn't engaged and it was off the original location of the ball. Cut blocks are still legal.
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Could be right it was a long time ago. Similarities though with desperate position upgrade in free agency and injury is there. Anyone remember if McPhee knew was a thing before coming to bears?
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Running at the side of any player's knee is threatening to their career and livelihood. It's dirty.
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Nah, it's a simple cut block on a player who is not engaged. Youth football players are taught how to defend it.
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Just to clarify: that is an illegal block in youth and HS football.
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That's a shame. Are cut blocks of any kind allowed today?
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You're able to cut block under a few conditions:
1. You originally lined up in the free blocking zone (4'x3' on either side of the ball)
2. The person you're going to cut block was lined up in the free blocking zone.
3. The ball is still in the free blocking zone.
4. If in shotgun, the cut block has to be immediate with the snap. If there is even a slight pause, they want us throwing the flag.
EDIT: When I originally started refereeing, a chop block was the combo of a high block then a low block. Now there is no distinction of what order the blocks come.
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God could you imagine if he blows up this season? What an inditement of how shitty a coach Nagy and co were.
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So basically lineman can cut lineman and on pass plays only right after the snap.
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Pretty much. They are really trying to keep their knees healthy. When I was poorly attempting to try out for the NCAA they were in the middle of reworking their blocks below the waist rules. From what I understand a Big10 coach who may or may not have a Greek Warrior as a mascot just wanted them to get rid of all blocks below the waist because of the confusion.
Why I think this block last night was dirty is that it's a preseason game. Not illegal, but ugly and unnecessary.
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It's interesting I just don't remember a high incidence of bad knee injuries from chop blocks - even when they were allowed anywhere. Maybe that's my memory.
I can see that second point, although it's tough for me to distinguish dirty from illegal no matter the meaningfulness of the game.
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This went too far. Like I said, don't engage, report and move on. 3 days.
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There was no reason for it. No competitive advantage. Actually given the context of preseason, it would have been beneficial for the TE to actually engage the defender.
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Kind of interesting that Jesper Horsted was targeted 3 times and led the LV Raiders with 3 receptions for 53 yards yesterday. He seemed to be a skilled receiver and we sure need receivers. Why did we let him go?
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Yeah, like there needs to be more evidence. Lol
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Same here. I always liked Horsted. I think his release was system related as it was expected our TEs would help in blocking... especially with the questions on OL at the time. I'd have kept him around and tried to optimize his traits. If not, you can always waive him later.
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Yup, don't understand that one Mr. Poles. He came in and seemed hell-bent on turning over the entire roster. Jesper balls out when given an opportunity.
And now who do we have backing up Kmet? Ryan Griffin, James O'shaugnhessy and Chase Allen. I'd love to see someone try and convince me that these players are better and/or have more upside than Jesper.
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I would've liked it if we could've held onto Horsted. All he did was catch touchdowns(different than David Terrell's claim).
In the limited amount of reps I like what that Tonges kid has done.
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But Patrick is the C so you going to pay Daniels 8.8m to be a backup C? Then at RG, what happens if Jenkins beats him out at RG? then you going to be paying him 8.8m and Whitehair 12m for one of them to sit on the bench.