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Offline d3ref

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Blocking below the waist clarification
« on: July 21, 2019, 01:31:16 PM »
A20 is lined up stationary behind the right tackle and blocks blitzing B36 below the waist 10-2 who shoots the gap between the center and right guard to prevent him from sacking the QB on a pass play.  Legal or illegal since it is back towards the original position of the ball?   

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Re: Blocking below the waist clarification
« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2019, 03:46:53 PM »
Legal. Backs who are stationary in the tackle box at the snap may block low towards the original position of the ball as long as that block is from the front, the ball is still in the tackle box, and the blocker has not left the tackle box at any point in the down.

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Re: Blocking below the waist clarification
« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2019, 05:49:39 PM »
I agree.  I just wanted to be sure I understood it correctly. Thanks.