“Don’t you know in the offseason of 1978, they changed the rule,” Blount concluded. “They called it the 'Mel Blount rule.' That’s kind of a backdrop of that story. It changed the whole game.

Mel Blount was voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a member of the Class of 1989. Blount was also an inaugural member of the Steelers Hall of Honor as a member of the Class of 2017. There aren ...

It was coined the Mel Blount Rule, and while it opened the game like never before, it only made the Steelers even more dominant as the decade of the 1970s drew to a close. Up until the start of ...

Among the great stars of the team that won four Super Bowls was cornerback Mel Blount. Blount played a significant role in the Steelers' legendary success in the 1970's. He was a five-time Pro ...