RayClay
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One has to wonder if we are now overcompensating. If years of the league having virtually no rules on concussions led to a small portion of the NFL population having brain damage you have to think that after a decade of minimizing contact and protecting players that in 20 years when all these guys are retired we will already have significantly minimized these problems.
Further reduction may not be necessary
The problem likely has to do with the size/speed of the players. I would agree on the ticky tacky helmet contact when guys make good tackles with their arms and shoulders. this rule has actually been in place for many years, I believe. Roll up as a ball with a head to deliver a hit and you might get a penalty. I don't think it's good or necessary technique, myself. It would have been more effective to try to make a tackle IMO.
Either way, it's a penalty according to rules that have been in place for years. Runners get low in traffic, that's nothing new.