If the QB is allowed to dive toward the goal line while the ball and the majority of his body is out of bounds and is awarded a TD by touching the goal line pylon, is the defense allowed to hit him during this play?

Yes, he is by definition a ball carrier and not a passer at that point. Helmet to helmet or forcible contact to the head or neck area would probably be called targeting if we're on defense though, so be careful

QB only has that proper protection when in act of passing (or looking). Once ball is tucked he's no different.

Depends

Does he play QB for the Chiefs?

Depends. Who are we playing against?

It's targeting if we do it. Duh.

Jimma said:

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If the QB is allowed to dive toward the goal line while the ball and the majority of his body is out of bounds and is awarded a TD by touching the goal line pylon, is the defense allowed to hit him during this play?

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Are you questioning this because he is a QB? (seems most of the response so far are addressing this issue), or are you questioning whether it could be ruled a late hit out of bounds? - which really would apply to any player, not just QB.

I thought that sliding feet first by the QB he was protected from getting hit, but diving head first he's not. Has the rule changed?

You can hit a guy "out of bounds" until a part of his body touches out of bounds. Until that point, he's still in-bounds. Refs don't always get it exactly right, but that's what they're (supposed to be) looking for.

If we even breath on Manning, you can bet the flags will fly.

agnerd said:

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You can hit a guy "out of bounds" until a part of his body touches out of bounds. Until that point, he's still in-bounds. Refs don't always get it exactly right, but that's what they're (supposed to be) looking for.

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Unless the quarterback is Patrick Mahomes.

DGrimesAg92 said:

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If we even breath on Manning, you can bet the flags will fly.

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It will be interesting to watch this one. He got killed against Georgia in the SEC champ game when they were ready for that specific run play package after seeing it against us. I doubt that's part of the game plan now.

LB12Diamond said:

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DGrimesAg92 said:

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If we even breath on Manning, you can bet the flags will fly.

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It will be interesting to watch this one. He got killed against Georgia in the SEC champ game when they were ready for that specific run play package after seeing it against us. I doubt that's part of the game plan now.

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He was running for his life against UGA the first game, in Austin.
Big ol' deer in headlights eyes

TxAg76 said:

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LB12Diamond said:

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DGrimesAg92 said:

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If we even breath on Manning, you can bet the flags will fly.

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It will be interesting to watch this one. He got killed against Georgia in the SEC champ game when they were ready for that specific run play package after seeing it against us. I doubt that's part of the game plan now.

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He was running for his life against UGA the first game, in Austin.
Big ol' deer in headlights eyes

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Yes, I remembered his stunned look in that game on the sidelines.

But he also got rocked in the SEC champ game running with the ball. After a big hit, he didn't come back into the game.