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Originally Posted by BryanV21
And isn't there something about a defender leaning back during a block/charge play? Something like putting the offensive player in a dangerous position, so that he could land wrong and get hurt? I don't remember reading it ever, but it rings some kind of bell.
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NO, there isn't. The offensive player puts himself in a dangerous position if they continue towards a player who is in their path.
If the defender had been in position in time (he wasn't before upward motion in this case), and the offense still hits him hard enough to be a charge even if the defender is fading back, that makes it even MORE of a charge. The lean back only lessened the magnitude of the impact.