It’s that time of the year when all of the owners, general managers, and head coaches gather together for their annual meetings. Rule changes are proposed and voted on. One rule was changed on Tuesday in the interest of the league’s continued commitment to player safety.
According to language in a video posted to the Twitter account of the NFL Football Operations staff, a blindside block “is a foul if a player initiates a block in which he is moving toward or parallel to his own end line and makes forcible contact to his opponent with his helmet, forearm, or shoulder.