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Originally Posted by Canned Heat
He literally "hurdled" the player and did have a lead leg in doing so. The B player, who looked to be a DB was in position and was hung out to dry but standing totally upright and the runner jumped and completely cleared the DB. I have yet to ever see a play where a ball carrier cleared any kind of height like that. It was like Walter Payton doing his famous leap over the D-line...except landing on his feet.
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The reason he cleared him is the same as the reason I think this was not a foul. He did not lead with the knees or feet. His legs were spread. If they hadn't been, he would definitely have kneed this guy in the helmet - he didn't jump literally 6 feet up. He spread his legs and went over the defender as if dunking a ball, and then kept running.