A flag was called based on the outcome. Watch the play, it is not excessively more dangerous than hits that occur regularly on special teams plays

Lockette wasn’t blindsided no matter how you stretch the wording. He was off balance from the previous block (which is why he was in a bad position for the hit), but was hit head on.

Knox only made $800k before his injury. He ended up with $2 million because the Bears left him on the team for a year after his injury.

First, it is not stated it was illegal above. Read it again.

It wasn’t a blindside block though he was flagged for one. If it was, the league would have fined him.