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Football Officiating => Texas Topics => Topic started by: CenTexZebra on October 15, 2018, 03:46:31 PM
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Is there a difference in a block in the back downfield and a block in the back from a team a WR, outside the tackle box at the snap, and coming back towards the original position of the ball and hitting a team B player from the (a) back or (b) in the side? Or is this just a block in the back. Both blocks are above the waist.
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A block in the back is in the back. There is no difference in the two areas of the field you mentioned. If clearly in the back it would be a foul. This is one where we need to see the entire approach. If you turn and just catch the contact that is not enough to flag because there is a chance that the player being blocked turned into it. What I look for is a player in chase mode. He is approaching from behind and blocks in the back. If he is approaching from the side it will be nearly impossible to have a block in the back. A block in the side is not a block in the back so that is a legal block assuming it isn't targeting or some other personal foul but it will not be a block in the back foul.