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Low block on Broncos' Chris Harris Jr. was legal even if it was unnecessary

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There is a difference between "dirty" and "illegal," a distinction that seemed to vanish Sunday amid the reaction to a low block from Tennessee Titans receiver Harry Douglas on Denver Broncos cornerback Chris Harris Jr.

Douglas' block was legal, no matter how you look at it or whom you ask -- and despite the labyrinth of NFL rules designed to minimize dangerous contact. It is a completely different question, and almost entirely subjective, to ask if Douglas acted with malice in an attempt to "end my career," as Harris said after the game.