With Week 1 of the preseason set to kick off here in a matter of days, the NFL has made a change to a heavily debated topic in the rule book: lowering of the helmet to initiate contact with another player.
According to Mike Florio of ProFootbalTalk, the NFL made a subtle change to the 2022 rule book that hasn’t been publicized to the outside, adjusting the verbiage of the previous rule created in 2018.
Per the 2022 NFL Official Playing Rules, it is a foul if a player lowers his head and makes forcible contact with his helmet against an opponent.