The caption goes here. By Pat Bigold Star-Bulletin A blocking technique seen as one of football's most dangerous is stirring controversy in the prep game.
Some coaches are outraged that linemen are no longer limited to one low block after the snap.
The most haunting scenario for coaches such as Farrington's Skippa Diaz is of an upright defensive lineman on a pass rush being crumpled by a cut-block behind the knees. It's probably the most hotly debated rule change handed down in 1996 because it concerns safety. If coaches use this rule to its full advantage, I guarantee that the amount of broken knees will soar. On a pass play, the guard might decide to let the defender get by him at the snap, and then, as the defender stands erect, cut him from behind at the knees. Nor will the offensive lineman who pulls and blocks low beyond the ball get called unless he's outside the 6x8 zone.