RayClay
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.I agree, but for the sake of argument, we need to correct whatever it is they are calling because I don't believe the league will just call a penalty on us every play for the rest of the season.
Under the strictest interpretation of whatever the rule is, what is
Gronk allowed to do when some little CB tries to tie him up at the line?
Protect himself and evade him, unless he's a blocker.
Protect himself and evade him, unless he's a blocker.
This is something I am sure BB & Co. will contact the league office with videos of other players and will ask for clarification on what exactly Gronk needs to do compared to other TEs in the league.
Or compared to other receivers. I have never been aware that a receiver couldn't fight of a CB trying to jam him at the line.
As far as I remember within one yard of the LOS everything is fair game, which is how legal pick plays work. Outside that it becomes the subjective cluster**** of a referee's mind. Quite honestly I don't even like how they are naming the entire infraction. If anything it should be called illegal contact not OPI, and should similarly to its defensive counterpart cause only a 5 yard penalty.