The NFL continues to confuse and baffle its audience with its new rules, which have been on full display through two weeks of the preseason. The league’s controversial new helmet rule is just as confusing as its catch rules, which were unclear for years and still aren’t perfect.
On Saturday, in a game against the Houston Texans, the San Francisco 49ers were on the receiving end of multiple penalties from tackles that looked completely legal. Many would call the tackles “textbook,” but I personally don’t like to refer to them as such because textbooks can and are supposed to change.