What's to stop the other team for laying the wood on the QB? I always thought that was the reason no one ran the option in the NFL. Because it makes your QB fair game, especially if he crosses the LOS. he's just a blocker then.
Even if it's against the rules, and you get penalized... why not take the 15 yards, but make that QB look for you next time he runs that play?
Even if it's against the rules, and you get penalized... why not take the 15 yards, but make that QB look for you next time he runs that play?