The NFL's proposed rule changes are below.
So it seems to me: There will never be a time to ever need to run the ball again. If you can't hit the QB when he is throwing or the receiver when he is catching, each team should throw 100 times. Goodell catering to the non sports fan who wants 50-49 Arena scores.
Trying to get rid of kickoff returns???? Possibly the most exciting part of the game. Plus if you make the touchback 25 yards and the kick from the 35, it will lead to more returns - idiots.
Finally, if 3rd challenges are never used - why change the rule???!
IDIOTS! Ruining the game.
I vote for skirts and panties.
-Sean
Rules defining a defenseless player will be expanded and now will include eight categories:
• A quarterback in the act of throwing;
• A receiver trying to catch a pass;
• A runner already in the grasp of tacklers and having his forward progress stopped;
• A player fielding a punt or a kickoff;
• A kicker or punter during the kick;
• A quarterback at any time after change of possession;
• A receiver who receives a blind-side block;
• A player already on the ground.
At next week's owners meetings in New Orleans, the competition committee will propose moving the kickoff up to the 35-yard line, and bringing a touchback out to the 25. There would be no changes for touchbacks on any other plays, with the ball coming out to the 20.
No player other than the kicker would be allowed to line up more than 5 yards behind the ball, and the committee will suggest outlawing the wedge on kickoffs; all blocking wedges were reduced to two players in 2009.
"The injury rate on kickoffs remains a real concern for us and the players and the coaches' subcommittee," said Falcons president Rich McKay, the chairman of the competition committee. "This is a pretty major change."
So would be making all scoring plays reviewable, another proposal the committee will bring to the owners on Monday. This change would empower the replay official to order replays on any touchdowns, field goals, safeties and extra points without the coaches needing to challenge. It would be similar to the current system for the final two minutes of each half and for overtime. It also would mirror what colleges do on scoring plays for entire games.
Eliminating a third coach's challenge if he is successful on the first two also will be proposed; McKay said the third challenge rarely was used.
So it seems to me: There will never be a time to ever need to run the ball again. If you can't hit the QB when he is throwing or the receiver when he is catching, each team should throw 100 times. Goodell catering to the non sports fan who wants 50-49 Arena scores.
Trying to get rid of kickoff returns???? Possibly the most exciting part of the game. Plus if you make the touchback 25 yards and the kick from the 35, it will lead to more returns - idiots.
Finally, if 3rd challenges are never used - why change the rule???!
IDIOTS! Ruining the game.
I vote for skirts and panties.
-Sean
Rules defining a defenseless player will be expanded and now will include eight categories:
• A quarterback in the act of throwing;
• A receiver trying to catch a pass;
• A runner already in the grasp of tacklers and having his forward progress stopped;
• A player fielding a punt or a kickoff;
• A kicker or punter during the kick;
• A quarterback at any time after change of possession;
• A receiver who receives a blind-side block;
• A player already on the ground.
At next week's owners meetings in New Orleans, the competition committee will propose moving the kickoff up to the 35-yard line, and bringing a touchback out to the 25. There would be no changes for touchbacks on any other plays, with the ball coming out to the 20.
No player other than the kicker would be allowed to line up more than 5 yards behind the ball, and the committee will suggest outlawing the wedge on kickoffs; all blocking wedges were reduced to two players in 2009.
"The injury rate on kickoffs remains a real concern for us and the players and the coaches' subcommittee," said Falcons president Rich McKay, the chairman of the competition committee. "This is a pretty major change."
So would be making all scoring plays reviewable, another proposal the committee will bring to the owners on Monday. This change would empower the replay official to order replays on any touchdowns, field goals, safeties and extra points without the coaches needing to challenge. It would be similar to the current system for the final two minutes of each half and for overtime. It also would mirror what colleges do on scoring plays for entire games.
Eliminating a third coach's challenge if he is successful on the first two also will be proposed; McKay said the third challenge rarely was used.
