- Defensive end was negotiating new roughing-passer rule
- Injuries left Dolphins with only six defensive linemen
Miami Dolphins defensive end William Hayes will miss the rest of the season with a torn ACL he suffered trying to avoid a roughing-the-passer penalty. Hayes was hurt when he sacked Oakland’s Derek Carr during Miami’s 28-20 victory on Sunday.
“He was trying to not put body weight on the quarterback,” coach Adam Gase said Monday. “His foot got caught in the ground.”
The new roughing the passer rule, in which a player is penalised if they are deemed to have put “all or most of their weight” on the quarterback during a tackle, has caused controversy. Critics point out it is difficult to make a clean tackle without putting weight on a quarterback. On Sunday, the Green Bay Packers Clay Matthews was called for a second straight week for the penalty, even though he appeared to try to avoid putting excess weight on Washington’s Alex Smith.
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