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Illegal Cut

Definition

It is an illegal cut block if:

an eligible receiver who takes a position more than two yards outside of his own tackle (a flexed receiver) is blocked below the waist; or
an eligible receiver who is lined up on or behind the line of scrimmage and is within two yards of his tackle is blocked below the waist after he crosses the line of scrimmage

Outcome

15 yards. If committed on defense: automatic first down.

2013 Stats

Overall Totals By Team

There was an average of 0.03 Illegal Cut penalties per team league wide.

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		Against					Beneficiary
Name	Games	Count	Yards Lost	Dismissed	Home	Away	Count	Yards Gained	Dismissed	Home	Away
Arizona	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Atlanta	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Baltimore	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buffalo	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carolina	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chicago	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cincinnati	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	0	0	1
Cleveland	16	1	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dallas	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Denver	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Detroit	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Green Bay	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Houston	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Indianapolis	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jacksonville	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kansas City	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oakland	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
St. Louis	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
San Diego	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Miami	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Minnesota	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
New England	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
New Orleans	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
N.Y. Giants	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
N.Y. Jets	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Philadelphia	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pittsburgh	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
San Francisco	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Seattle	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tampa Bay	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tennessee	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Washington	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	267	1	15	0	1	0	1	15	0	0	1