What is the NFL Doing?!

The NFL's New Rule on Lowering the Head

     I was on the way home from school today when I came across an article on my phone that had to do with the one sport I am really passionate about. The article was about the NFL's new rule restricting running backs of lowering their heads when coming into contact with a defender. Let's take a second here and think about this one.. So the NFL's officials and Rodger Goodell are implying that a running back should just run straight up and take on a brutal hit from a defender?  A little absurd if you ask me. Why not just take away  the nature of the sport along too? Before you know it, we will all be playing flag football, and the new NFL will be called the NFFL.
     Running backs are taught from the day they put on pads at a young age to lower their shoulders when taking on a hit from a defender. The idea here is to avoid getting blasted by the defender and to try to deliver an even bigger blow to them. When a running back lowers his head and shoulders they may hit the defender hard enough to cause the defender to get trucked, which adds great excitement to the sport. This is how we all have come to learn and love the sport of football. Another thing is that it is instinctive for players to lower their head and shoulders when they are coming into contact with another play. This just can't simply be taken away from an offensive player's arsenal of defensive maneuvers. Not everybody can juke and spin, some running backs rely on their big masses to plow through defenders and gain yards. Why should teams spend money on running back if they are going to be less effective with a rule like this one?
     On a final note Rodger Goodell and the NFL officials better be ready for some serious criticism from fans and players alike. They also better be ready for more injury and fines as well, if these running backs aren't going to be able to protect themselves like they have, there will be some serious injuries and some serious fines..