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In gridiron football, clipping is the act of a "throwing the body across the back of the leg of an eligible receiver or charging or falling into the back of an opponent below the waist after approaching him from behind, provided the opponent is not a runner."
Cobb ran to block McCain and hit him with an illegal blindside block. Cobb received a flag on the play. Once the Jets got back into the huddle, Rodgers told Cobb he just lost all his preseason money.
Ward was not penalized for this block, nor was he fined by the league as the hit was deemed legal. The league, however, later passed a new rule banning such hits. The so-called "Hines Ward Rule" made a blindside block illegal if the block came from the blocker's helmet, forearm or shoulder and lands to the head or neck area of a defender. [55]
In 2002, the NFL added to the rule, making a helmet-to-helmet hit to a quarterback after a turnover illegal. Seven years later, the NFL created penalties for blockers. The penalty states that any contact made with the helmet or neck of an opponent during blind-side blocks, whether by helmet, forearm, or shoulder, would result in a personal foul ...
The Jets quarterback responded Thursday to comments made by Giants linebacker Jihad Ward, who said Wednesday that Rodgers and his teammates were laughing after wide receiver Randall Cobb hit ...
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It is unknown when the penalty was first enacted, but it was prior to a 2006 rule change. [ 3 ] It is known to have existed prior to 2006 due to many instances of it being called in older games. One such example of this is the 1997 game between the Dolphins and Lions when it was called on a punt with 8:18 left in the second quarter.
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