Mel Blount killed two wide receivers during the 70s. Literally beat them to death. We didn't have all the different replays, all the different camera angles then that we do now. They just got ...

There aren't many players who cause the NFL to change the rules because of their play, but there also aren't many players like Pro Football Hall of Famer Mel Blount ... down opposing receivers, not ...

The 1975 NFL Defensive Player of the Year was so dominant that the league instituted the "Mel Blount Rule" to limit the contact defensive backs could make with wide receivers. Blount joined the ...

The rule was made for two reasons ... So, in 1978, the Mel Blount Rule was put into place, as defensive backs could no longer draw contact with receivers past five yards. That same year, the ...

One of the changes was a rule that prohibited the contact between defensive backs and receivers. From its inception, that rule has been known in history as the "Mel Blount Rule." And while he ...

His playing height and weight listed at 6-foot-3, 215 pounds, Mel Blount ... the Hall of Fame, Blount’s physical style compelled the league in 1978 to ban contact with receivers beyond 5 yards ...