Despite making a name for himself as a specific type of special teams playmaker for the Patriots in 2016, the NFL has seen to it that linebacker Shea McClellin won’t be able to replicate that role in 2017. The field goal leap is dead.
As part of several rule changes announced on Tuesday at the NFL’s Annual Meeting, jumping over the line to block a field goal (or extra point) has now been banned. The reason for it was that it’s been deemed too dangerous for the jumper.
Of course, McClellin doesn’t see it that way.