Kickoff being moved to the 35 yard line. Didn't get all the details on this one, but there is a new rule regarding dislodged helmets. If your helmet is knocked off during a play you are required to leave the field for one play.
I don't like the helmet rule at all. I get that it is probably to help make sure the player wasn't injured while his helmet was off, but how is that going to work? I'd imagine y the time the trainer finds the player, goes through the standard conversation of player not wanting attention but dic insisting, he'll have a good five seconds to examine the guy before he is able to return. Also, I can't recall a lot injuries (none come to mind right now) that occurred when the helmets come off. Usually concussions aren't dislodging helmets.
Also, just spitballing here, but an idea. Suppose it is first and one or so. The LB gets into the backfield, but the RB jukes him. LB reaches back, grabs the facemask and takes the RB down while dislodging his helmet. 1. The down and distance are just about unchanged. 2. The TD was prevented. 3. The top RB is now out for the next play. Or, suppose that play happens on the last play of the game in regulation and the offense is out of timeouts. Now, you have one more attempt to get into the endzone. What if that happened to a player of Marcus Lattimore's caliber? You think the Cocks would feel good about their chances while their best player is forced to sit on the sideline despite being 100% healthy?
Well heck. Groves kind of got to the issue faster and more succinctly than myself. If there is a provision for facemasks, I didn't hear it. But then again, if a facemask is so deadly as to be outlawed, wouldn't that be all the more reason to take the player out?
Sounds like some money could be made for some really... really good and tight chin straps. Like a 5-point harness, for your chin.
I saw some thing on TV many years ago about a guy that had rivets implanted in his skull around the scalp area that matched up to fasteners in his toupee. Might want to steal that idea and patent the first titanium helmet-securing implant.
This is correct. Still, having 3 years in a college S&C program should allow him the leg strength to get it into the endzone. We also have the K we signed that is supposed to have a really strong leg.