You are correct in terms of what a clean cut block is, and that's when the blocker aims his shoulders at the defender's waist, hips, or even as low as the upper thigh.
You're mistaken on what a chop block is, though.
Chop blocks are when you have a blocker engaging the defender up high, while another blocker dives at the defender low while the first blocker is still engaged. This is a personal foul, and should be called every time.
Navy, Air Force, Georgia Tech (under Paul Johnson), etc., do a lot of what you would do with a chop block, but the first blocker engaged up high releases the defender just a split second before the second blocker's dive makes an impact. This way, the coaches can snidely say "nope, only one blocker hit the guy at the time of his injury, so it's ever so technically not a chop block." This is technically legal, but it's really, really dirty, and injures many defenders.
Often times, the first blocker engaged up high will grab onto the defender tightly, so that the defender can't move out of the way of the diving second blocker until it's already too late.
Link: https://forum.uhnd.com/forum/index.php?action=display&forumid=6&msgid=550962
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They do dirty cut blocks, but manage to avoid having the chop block called
Replies to: "They do dirty cut blocks, but manage to avoid having the chop block called"
- Go Navy, beat Army! [NT]
- ND521 - 5:54am 12/9/23
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- Go Navy - Nigel Tufnel - 1:30pm 12/9/23
- The Black Knights of the Hudson will prevail. - AlbanyIRISH - 8:46am 12/9/23
- Go NAVY! - cubsfanin16 - 12:18pm 12/9/23
- Yeah the Chop Block Bowl... [NT]
- irishslovak - 8:39am 12/9/23
- Lol!! Well done. [NT]
- jray - 8:41am 12/9/23
- Cut block. If it was chop block , there would be flags thrown virtually every play. [NT]
- ELP - 3:58pm 12/9/23
- They push the legality to the very edge - ndunabomber - 9:46pm 12/9/23
- Ask any D linemen or linebackers that played for ND during the years about Navy, Air Force & Army's - irishslovak - 6:44pm 12/9/23
- Do you know the difference between a chop block and a cut block? One is legal. The other is not. - ELP - 7:59pm 12/9/23
- A chop block is when one player goes low (to cut block) while the defender is already engaged with - Chrisb - 2:45pm 12/10/23
- A cut block is below the waist above the knees. A chop block is used to knee cap guys! - irishslovak - 8:56pm 12/9/23
- They do dirty cut blocks, but manage to avoid having the chop block called [LINK]
- ndunabomber - 12:15am 12/10/23
- So, ND is knowingly putting our players at risk by scheduling Navy/Army. - ELP - 8:18am 12/10/23
- If all this was true don’t you think it would be all over the news - WoodstockIrish - 8:43am 12/10/23
- So, ND is knowingly putting our players at risk by scheduling Navy/Army. - ELP - 8:18am 12/10/23
- Me thinks you need to refine your definition of a chop block. - ELP - 9:04pm 12/9/23
- Read the rest of my post! Me thinks that you are a pogue... [NT]
- irishslovak - 9:08pm 12/9/23
- LOL. Are you sure you're not a teen? You sure act like one. Can't say I didn't try. [NT]
- ELP - 9:12pm 12/9/23
- I am sure that you are a pompous middle aged nerd that never played a down of football.... [NT] - irishslovak - 11:24pm 12/9/23
- LOL. Are you sure you're not a teen? You sure act like one. Can't say I didn't try. [NT]
- ELP - 9:12pm 12/9/23
- Read the rest of my post! Me thinks that you are a pogue... [NT]
- irishslovak - 9:08pm 12/9/23
- They do dirty cut blocks, but manage to avoid having the chop block called [LINK]
- ndunabomber - 12:15am 12/10/23
- Re: Ask any D linemen or linebackers that played for ND during the years about Navy, Air Force & Army's [NT] - irishslovak - 6:44pm 12/9/23
- Do you know the difference between a chop block and a cut block? One is legal. The other is not. - ELP - 7:59pm 12/9/23
- Cut block. If it was chop block , there would be flags thrown virtually every play. [NT]
- ELP - 3:58pm 12/9/23
- Lol!! Well done. [NT]
- jray - 8:41am 12/9/23
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