The NFL and NFL Players Association have adopted a new formula that calls for a one-game suspension when a player commits three violations of the same specific safety rule.
The system potentially carries violations over from one year to the next, for the purposes of identifying the third offense as to five specific (hip-drop tackles, horse-collar tackles, launching, hits on defenseless players, and blindside blocks).
All players enter the year with a clean slate, as to all on-field violations. (Previously, violations remained relevant to determining enhanced discipline for 34 regular-season games.)
If a player has only one violation in a given…
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