New rules being discussed

[SteelerSask2]

You have to be careful when you say everything is challenge able. any turnover is and should be challenge able. Penalty calls shouldn't. It becomes a slippery slope starting with one PI and then where do you stop? Holding. That makes things impossible. Plus I think the greater the review the worse the referees.

 

[SteelerFan448]

A catch: possess the ball in bounds.

It doesn't matter for how long, if the ball stops moving in your hands, you possess the ball. If it pops out an instant later, it's a fumble. Like the arm going forward to indicate a pass, this would make replays very simple to assess. The arm doesn't have to "establish" itself as moving forward. It simply has to move forward with the ball enough to be visible.

Simple, easy.

Possess the ball with two feet on the ground. That's the rule we all knew growing up playing in the back yard. No questions asked, it was easy.

 

[nooneuno]

Using baiting or taunting acts or...oo much influence now it will get even worse.

 

[madinsomniac]

You have to be careful when you say everything is challenge able. any turnover is and should be challenge able. Penalty calls shouldn't. It becomes a slippery slope starting with one PI and then where do you stop? Holding. That makes things impossible. Plus I think the greater the review the worse the referees.

every called penalty ought to be challengeable... uncalled ones should not. if a guy gets a PI call that covers 50 yards, that absolutely can change the entire game. And a the league should have the booth ref too. Rooney suggested a ref that watches the feed from a booth to make sure the obvious calls are right...

The idea refs get worse with replay is crap... they have always been bad... super high def slow motion stuff just makes it easier to see the blown calls.

 

[SteelerFan448]

every called penalty ought to be challengeable... uncalled ones should not. if a guy gets a PI call that covers 50 yards, that absolutely can change the entire game. And a the league should have the booth ref too. Rooney suggested a ref that watches the feed from a booth to make sure the obvious calls are right...

The idea refs get worse with replay is crap... they have always been bad... super high def slow motion stuff just makes it easier to see the blown calls.

This puts coaches in position to challenge more calls per game, which means longer games. The game has already gotten longer in the past couple of years and anything that further extends it is not a good thing. They need to find ways to speed it up to keep it within the three-hour window.

 

[tapeANaspirin2it]

I thought i heard somewhere that they are also going to make the receiver gloves less tacky. If so, that's a good change. That OBJ catch showed how ridiculous it became with how sticky the gloves are. They already slant everything toward the WRs, you can't breathe on them or it's PI. You can't hit them hard or it's a personal foul. Let's at least make it so they have to actually catch the ball and not just have it stick to their outstretched hand.

 

[Turd Ferguson]

Son of a mother ******* *****. I hope it's not for fans. I yell so much at the fans of the other teams especially the **** stains and rat birds I would be thrown out before I get my first beer inside.

I F'n hate people who do that BS, even more so at home games. I've seen guys harass lone dads with little kids and actually scare the children to the point of crying. If you're one of those you are a complete ***** and should be banned from any game. It's a game, act like an adult.

 

[madinsomniac]

Per Twitter:

NFL will now allow teams to use the IR-return designation retroactively based on a player’s recovery.

-I think this is a fair change... if the guys recovery takes a turn for the worse you lose it for the season... like we did with pouncey last year

 

[Stryker]

Per Twitter:

NFL will now allow teams to use the IR-return designation retroactively based on a player’s recovery.

-I think this is a fair change... if the guys recovery takes a turn for the worse you lose it for the season... like we did with pouncey last year

I think more specifically, you don't designate a player to return from IR anymore. You put all your players on IR and can only bring one player back off of IR after 6 weeks minimum.

 

[SteelerFan448]

They aren't adding MORE replays, they are just trying to make it so you can challenge ANYTHING. For example, a QB scrambles, an OL holds but there is no call and the offense is awarded a first down. You throw the challenge flag, say "98 was held", they go to replay, see the massive jersey grab and pull. No longer a first down but a 10 yard penalty. So you've used a challenge, but the play is called correctly.

So in other words, more opportunities for a coach to challenge a call which would likely result in more replays and a slower game.

 

[SteelerFan448]

I thought i heard somewhere that they are also going to make the receiver gloves less tacky. If so, that's a good change. That OBJ catch showed how ridiculous it became with how sticky the gloves are. They already slant everything toward the WRs, you can't breathe on them or it's PI. You can't hit them hard or it's a personal foul. Let's at least make it so they have to actually catch the ball and not just have it stick to their outstretched hand.

I love that as a potential change I hope it is strictly from the overexposure of OBJ. I don't mind him as a player, but rather the coverage of him. We get it, he can catch the ball with one hand during warmups, so can half the receivers in the league.

 

[swal75]

Touchbacks now go out to the 25. Seems interesting. One year trial.

Thought the Rats idea to replace the list of reviewable plays with a list of non-reviewable plays was a good one and I hope they go forward with it.

And I guess this isn't the right thread but did anyone see the report that the NFL basically made a deal with the Rams to draft Michael Sam?

 

[SteelerFan448]

Touchbacks now go out to the 25. Seems interesting. One year trial.

Thought the Rats idea to replace the list of reviewable plays with a list of non-reviewable plays was a good one and I hope they go forward with it.

And I guess this isn't the right thread but did anyone see the report that the NFL basically made a deal with the Rams to draft Michael Sam?

I did see that story. I don't know if I believe the part that the NFL told the other teams not to draft the guy the Rams actually wanted, but I would believe they kept them off Hard Knocks because of it.