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http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/reiss_pieces/2007/01/nfl_legal_block.html
January 01, 2007
NFL: legal block
NFL Director of Offiating Mike Pereira reviewed the block of Titans wide receiver Bobby Wade on Patriots safety Rodney Harrison, and deemed it to be legal.
The league's vice president of communications, Greg Aiello, confirmed Pereira's ruling today. Pereira ruled that Wade was blocking upfield and not back toward the ball. Because of that, it wasn't determined by the NFL to be an illegal crackback block.
The play in question occurred early in the second quarter on a Travis Henry 9-yard run. Wade lined up as a receiver to the right of the line of scrimmage, which was the direction in which the running play came. Wade threw a low block on Harrison, who was pursuing the play, and the Patriots felt it was of the crackback variety because Wade appeared to be blocking back toward the ball. The NFL ruled otherwise today.
Posted By: mreiss | Time: 03:59:41 PM
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