Updated Mar 21, 2013 - 1:08 pm
Helmet rule will force changes for Seahawks
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By Brent Stecker
How much will the NFL's new helmet rule affect the Seattle Seahawks? When it comes to running back Marshawn Lynch, it could be a lot.
As ESPN 710 Seattle's Brock Huard points out in the video below, a signature play pertaining to the new rule (which will penalize offensive players 15 yards for using the crown of their helmets to make forcible contact with a defender in the open field) is Lynch's run against then-San Francisco 49ers safety Dashon Goldson last season. Lynch caught a screen pass and took it into the open field, and rather than opting to go out of bounds, he lowered his head and made full contact with Goldson. It was a memorable play in the Seahawks-49ers rivalry, but next season the same play could have a very different result.
"I wonder, is that a penalty?" Huard says. "By the letter of the law, I think this is going to be a penalty next year. ... (The new rule) is going to impact our Seattle Seahawks."
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Brock Huard has co-hosted the show since 2009. After earning Gatorade Player of the Year honors at Puyallup High School, Brock went on to a record-setting career at Washington and then spent six years in the NFL, including four with the Seahawks. Brock has also spent five years with ESPN working as a college football analyst in the booth and the studio. Brock makes his home on the Eastside with his wife Molly and their three young children.
Danny O'Neil is the son of a logger, a graduate of the University of Washington and has been a working journalist in Seattle since 1999, first at newspapers and since 2012 at 710 ESPN Seattle. He is married to Sharon Pian Chan, associate opinions editor at The Seattle Times. They live on Capitol Hill with their wrinkled, smelly dog.
