Update: NFL Passes Controversial Rule on Helmet Hits

The biggest news to come out of the National Football League's annual owners' meetings this week in Phoenix was the decision to ban ball carriers and defenders from delivering forcible blows with the crown of their helmets in the open field - a significant step toward making the game safer.

A plan to vote on that controversial rule change earlier this week was tabled after blowback from players and coaches, and it was thought that the proposal had died - at least for this year. Hence, AB's report in this morning's edition of E-News. But in the end, a vote was finally taken, and the only team not to support the penalizing of offending players was the Cincinnati Bengals.

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