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Old Thu Mar 21, 2013, 05:53pm
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Don't quote me, but the NFL defined spearing as something different than we are all used to. Apparently the player being hit with the crown of the helmet needed to be on the ground for it to be spearing in the NFL.
There's no mention of that with regard to spearing in the NFL rule book.
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Old Fri Mar 22, 2013, 09:42am
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There's no mention of that with regard to spearing in the NFL rule book.
I went and looked after I posted that. I heard it on Sirus NFL radio, but thought it might be wrong.
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