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    http://operations.nfl.com/the-rules/...s-of-emphasis/

    Crown of Helmet

    For safety reasons, the Committee believes that crown-of-the-helmet hits by defenders that were previously legal because the defender did not line up the runner should be illegal regardless of whether the defender lines up the runner prior to making contact. When the rule was first implemented, game officials were instructed to look for three elements for interpreting the rule for initiating forcible contact with the crown of the helmet:

    The player must line up his opponent
    He must lower his head
    He must make forcible contact with the crown of the helmet.
    Game officials will be instructed to call fouls when a defender lowers his head and makes forcible contact with the crown of his helmet on a runner outside the tackle box. The line-up requirement will still apply to a runner, since in many instances that player ducks his head to protect himself from impending contact by a defender, rather than to deliver a blow.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zool View Post
    http://operations.nfl.com/the-rules/...s-of-emphasis/

    Crown of Helmet

    For safety reasons, the Committee believes that crown-of-the-helmet hits by defenders that were previously legal because the defender did not line up the runner should be illegal regardless of whether the defender lines up the runner prior to making contact. When the rule was first implemented, game officials were instructed to look for three elements for interpreting the rule for initiating forcible contact with the crown of the helmet:

    The player must line up his opponent
    He must lower his head
    He must make forcible contact with the crown of the helmet.
    Game officials will be instructed to call fouls when a defender lowers his head and makes forcible contact with the crown of his helmet on a runner outside the tackle box. The line-up requirement will still apply to a runner, since in many instances that player ducks his head to protect himself from impending contact by a defender, rather than to deliver a blow.

    Which reads like the script for the hit on Jordy.
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