According to Peter King of SI.com, the NFL’s competition comittee will consider banning all blocks below the waist starting next season. Just reported on @nbcsn that NFL’s Competition Committee will consider abolition of ALL blocks below the waist in 2013. — Peter King (@SI_PeterKing) November 23, 2012 The NFL should have banned blocks below the waist a long time ago. Multiple players have gone down with season ending injuries after low blocks this season. One great example is when Texans linebacker Brian Cushing suffered a torn ACL after receiving a cut block at the knees against the Jets earlier this season. var _CI = _CI || {}; (function() { var script = document.createElement('script'); ref = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; _CI.counter = (_CI.counter) ? _CI.counter + 1 : 1; document.write(''); script.type = 'text/javascript'; script.src = 'http://widget.crowdignite.com/widgets/27484?_ci_wid=_CI_widget_'+_CI.counter; script...
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