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It just prevented pile-ones? what was it at the time thought it was going to do safety-wise? >> well, the way the rules of football worked up until 1095 was first of all, you had three downs to gain five yards. it wasn't four downs. it was three downs. all everybody did was ran, drive up the middle, dive up the middle. there was no substitution allowed. if you were substituted for, you were out for the rest of the game. you couldn't come back. if a player was shaken up they wouldn't leave because they department want to be out. guys who were hurt stayed in to play. when the four pass was legal...