Blandino Terrell Suggs hit on Bradford a legal play

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didn't appreciate hitting of Saturday's 40-17 win over the . Suggs was flagged on the play, but NFL vice president of officiating Dean Blandino told NFL Network's Preseason HQ on Monday morning that the hit on Bradford was legal and  Satchel Paige Jersey should not have resulted in a penalty because it occurred on a read option play. "We clarified this really in 2012 with the proliferation of these read option schemes and Carlos Baerga Jersey  basically because the quarterback has an option, he's considered a runner until he either clearly doesn't have the football or he reestablishes himself as a pa ser," Blandino said. "So, it's not a foul by rule. It's something that we will make sure we cover with our game officials because the defensive end coming off the edge, he doesn' Manny Ramirez Jersey t know if the quarterback is going to keep it, he doesn't know if he's going to take off and run or drop back and so we treat the quarterback in that instance as a runner until he clearly reestablishes as a pa ser or he clearly doesn't have the football." Blandino's clarification backs up Suggs' comments after the contest: "When you run the read option, you have to know the rules, Leonys Martin Jersey " Suggs said, . "If you want to run the read option with your starting quarterback that's had two knee surgeries, that's on you. That's not my responsibility to update you on the rule." It's fair to wonder whether Kelly will have to ditch some of his read option plays with Bradford -- who, after two ACL surgeries, zero outsiders view as a threat to run at this stage -- to make sure defenses don't  Andrew Miller Jersey get free licks on his injury-prone quarterback, especially during the preseason. The latest Podcast by talking undervalued and overvalued QBs and everyone's draft philosophies.