By Amie Just | The Advocate / Picayune
NFL officials will be emphasizing two penalties during the 2019 season, the use of helmet rule and offensive holding.
The use of helmet rule is not to be confused with the helmet-to-helmet rule. Players cannot lower their head and initiate contact with their head to any part of the opponent’s body. The rule will also be enforced for both offensive and defensive players.
“If I lower my helmet, and I come directly into your sternum, that is a foul by rule,” NFL official Brad Allen said during NFL Rules Changes Seminar for Media on Thursday.
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