Another positive, no injuries. Always a concern with these TO teams diving at knees all day.
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That style of blocking is a penalty now
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Chop blocking has been illegal for a long time
Chop blocking is where two blockers simultaneously block a defender, with one blocking up high, and the other blocking low.
Cut blocking is where a blocker aims his shoulders at the defender's hips or even upper thigh, in order to gain increased leverage. If it's done properly, it's no more dangerous than standard blocking methods. At the very worst, defenders may have some more bruises on the hips and thighs.
The only time it's not allowed is if you're not a back or a lineman (can't cut block, period), and for the eligible guys (backs and linemen), you cannot cut block outside the tackle box during the play. That change happened two years ago.
Navy blockers aim lower, though, and don't hesitate to dive at your ankles or knees.
To make things worse, though, is that Navy really pushes the edge of what's technically allowed. It's not unusual for one blocker to block a defender up high, even holding him. At the same time, a second blocker dives at the defender's knees or ankles, and the first blocker releases the defender a split second before the diving blocker nails him down low. There's not enough time for the defender to get out of the way of the diving blocker.
It's a chop block all of the way, but technically, this is still considered a cut block, and they get away with it all of the time. This kind of block all but crippled three of our front seven guys in 2014 during that Navy game.
Cut blocking? I don’t think so. Chop blocking is but you need two O players for that.
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There was one call for a chopper that I saw.
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