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Anthony Rizzuti

Report: NFL officials reminded to use ‘common sense’ with helmet removal rule

It’s far too late for DJ Moore and the Carolina Panthers. But maybe what had happened to them two weeks ago won’t happen again.

CBS lead NFL insider Jonathan Jones dove into the league’s gray unsportsmanlike conduct rules—specifically the “application and consistency” of judgment pertaining to on-field helmet removal. He compared two instances of high-profile players removing their hard hats, one in which the player was penalized and one in which the player wasn’t.

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