Updated Rules
 

What rules might improve the league by being updated? I'll start..

1) No fair-catch..

2) If "#1" doesn't pass, if you throw up your hands for a fair-catch, the ball should either be live (if it hits the ground, the kicking team can recover it), or you're committing to the ball being dead at the spot of the first bounce. IOW, you can't fair-catch the ball 10 yards away from the landing point. That's girlie at best!

3) Intentional grounding. A) move the "tackle box" rule out to "within 5 yards of the sideline" (draw a line if need be), or B) if the QB is forced to scramble, the ball shall be placed at the spot of the pass if the pass is not completed.

4) To protect the QB, no QB can run the ball. It's either that or stop protecting them...

No fair catch would just end up in more players being carted off the field on a stretcher...

This may be the most idiotic thread this year. And that's saying something.

No pass interference from the spot of the foul. 10 yards from line of scrimmage.
Coach's challenge allowed for pass interference.
4 points for a drop kick (that would be cool...)

A) FU DA!!! and B) It wouldn't get anybody hurt you moron!! Don't waive your hands and get out of the way stupid!

You suck.

One thing I would like to see would be unlimited challenges as long as you are still winning them. 2 challenges like there are now but if you havent lost one you keep getting 1 more until your lose one.

Holding tamba hali should become illegal.

How the **** would it not get anyone hurt. Its a defenseless receiver.

B/c like now, you can't just plow into them. If they're getting out of the way!

And they cant block. So wtf is your point.

I don't know about rule change, but ref changes are needed. I used to think NFL officiating was some of the best. This year...wow

If they come up to block, just like now they can be hit. So that's not new.

A player that calls for a fair catch cannot block... You are complaining about a fair catch because you cant plow into them? Thats reeruned. Why even punt the ball in your so called fix? Just line drive that shit to the goalline. Sorry punt returner... you didn't touch the ball before it landed. Your offense is now backed up at the 3 yard line... Great ****in idea.

What bulletin boards might improve by banning GloryDayz [sic]? I'll start..
1) ChiefsPlanet.
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You're both a girl and dumb..

Get rid of the spot of the foul PI

If a player fumbles the ball through the other team's EZ, it should be placed at the spot of the fumble and returned to the last team with possession. As it is, the other team gets the ball at the 20. It's the worst rule in any sport.

Get rid of the "tackle box" grounding rule and make it the hashes.

Cheerleaders should be topless

I'm so confused with what is being said there. You can't fumble forward so if the team who had the ball recovers they get it where the ball was fumbled. If the other team recovers its a touchback. Pretty common in multiple plays.

If you are about to score a TD but fumble the ball at the one and it goes through the endzone, the other team gets the ball at the 20. If you fumble it out of bounds anywhere else on the field, the team that last had possession gets it back. There is no reason that the other team should get the ball in this one situation.

How?

As it is now, if a team fumbles through the end zone, the other teams gets the ball at the 20.

What he wants to do is: the fumbling team keeps possession at the spot of the foul.

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And for the people wanting spot PI to be taken out...think about it, how many CBs would intentionally interfere with receivers instead of allowing big plays?

If a CB is getting burnt for what looks to be a 50 yard play, then why not just trip the WR and just settle for the 15(or whatever the penalty would be) yard penalty?

"EVAAAR" <- This proves you're dumb! Now go to bed, it's late boy!

Pretty much.

Wanna touch my box, tough guy?
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A skank too!!

More eye contact!
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Being a defenseless reciever should be illegal and you should be able to knock the shit out of them.

OK, you're dismissed young lady, move on to a new thread or offer a rule improvement..

I think that the whistle should never be blown, and the clock continuously rolls upward... sort of like starting from 0 and counting toward 60 minutes.

If you commit a foul the ball will be placed in the corner closest, one player must hurl the ball back into the field of play, however, no other players are allowed to use their hands upon the ball entering the field of play until at least 3 players from both teams have crab walked no less than 5 yards with the ball in their lap.

Since this is a live ball, other players are allowed to beat the shit out of the crab walking players to try and jar the ball loose.

If a player intentionally harms another player a 2 of Clubs will be drawn and the player will be escorted to the penalty bench. Once on the penalty bench the player must stay seated on said bench while the penalty-Cam monitors their actions for no less than 5 minutes and no more than 12 minutes and forty-two seconds.
[addendum to above rule: The "penalty-Cam" will watch penalized player unless there is either a Favre-Cam or Tebow-Cam already present at the contest; in the prior stated circumstance an emergency TV timeout will be called by the umpire to allow ESPN to properly adjust coverage for maximum over exposure. Farve and/or Tebow are exempt from all possible penalties.]

Nao u tlkn mai werdz!

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I was thinking about something the other day. We have all these rules now to protect quarterbacks, and what position (other than kicker) now has the longest active playing streaks? Hint: Favre and Manning. It tells me that quarterbacks are overly protected right now compared to other players, so the rules need to ease up.

So first, get rid of that horrible allowed intentional grounding.

Second, it'd be fun to eliminate fair catches, but I doubt that'll happen. How about if, on a fair catch, the ball is dead, but either side can down it. That'd lead to some fun scrums on a punt that's getting a good bounce for the kicking team.

Third, kickoffs can no longer be downed in the end zone for a touchback. Run it out or it's a safety.

Fourth, any kickoff that goes out of the end zone and any punt that's downed in the end zone comes out to the 10, not the 20.

Fifth, during the last two minutes of the game, the clock doesn't start moving on a run until a gain is made if the offense is leading or tied. This will prevent kneeldowns, which add no value to the game of football. (I'm not sure you'd need a similar rule for passes. You could conceivably also use the rule for both teams and not just the leading team, but I'd need to think about the implications a little more.)

Technical fouls if players show negative emotions after penalties.
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They do it in college and that hardly happens. If you are burned that bad you usually don't even have the opportunity to grab them.

Honestly, the most likely rule to change to speed up games would be moving kick-offs back another 5 or 10 yards.

Or maybe they will require the "k" ball to be made of solid rubber.

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I think we should change the rules back to about what they were ten or so years ago.

Probably why only a handful of College players amount to anything in the Pro's.

This would be a good start...

Is that a major problem in college?

Everyone plays completely nude. Think about it.

I dont want to.

That'd fix the helmet-to-helmet problem...

While creating an all together different helmet to helmet problem.

#5 A facemask penalty goes both ways. If an offensive player stiff-arms a defensive player in the facemask, it's either a facemask or illegal hands to the face.

Polamalu would win...

College players are stupid. And college still has stupid rules of its own.

Spot fouls are much better than the 15 yard penalties.

I dont think you and I are on the same page.

I like the idea of touch-backs resulting in the ball coming out to the 10 instead of the 20.

What about the kneeldown rule? I think that's an obvious rule to prevent boring endings.

I think so. At least make them hand the ball off or take a hit of some sort.

http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/story/0...approach-to-ot


The added few days allow Smith, and every other team with a bye, to prepare for new overtime rules that were implemented this offseason, but not put into effect until the playoffs. The eight teams involved in this weekend's wild-card games have to cram in order to be ready for the possibility they get to overtime.

"This can influence decision-making, especially how you play the last couple minutes of a ball game, in terms of playing for the tie or win in regulation," Smith said. "There are a lot of situations that you have to coach differently in overtime."

Beginning Saturday, sudden-death as we know it is history -- until next regular season.

Unlike regular-season overtime rules that have been in place for years, both teams could have the chance to score in overtime, even if the first team with the ball kicks a field goal. Normally, the team to score first, regardless of how, wins.


Mark Humphrey / Associated Press
The Saints' victory in the NFC Championship last season was just one of three playoff games that ended with a field goal on the opening possession of overtime. The winners of two of those games went on to claim the Super Bowl title.

OT playoff games won with FG on first possession
Game Result
2009 NFC Championship Saints 31, Vikings 28
2002 AFC Divisional playoff Titans 34, Steelers 31
2001 AFC Divisional playoff Patriots 16, Raiders 13
If a field goal is made on the first possession of overtime, the other team gains possession. If that team scores a touchdown, game over. If it kicks a field goal to tie, then the next team to score wins. The only way the game ends on the first possession is if that team scores a touchdown or if the defense forces a safety or returns a turnover for a score.

The changes didn't sit well with coaches, especially since the first time they could encounter them could be with a Super Bowl berth on the line. Teams now have to add another layer of preparation to their practices, in the film room and on the field because of the variety of uncharted scenarios that could be presented.

The possibilities have had coaches trying to sort out every circumstance

I do agree with this. But, we all know the NFL likes to favor the offense. The one thing I do not understand is they continue to let to offensive players to make contact with the defensive players helmet, with no penalty. But if you are on defense and you barely graze a face mask of the offensive player it is a 15 yd. penalty. You can get serious damage from not only the violent hits of helmet to helmet contact but as well as sudden jerking of the neck as well which is what happens when a running back shoves his hand up into a tacklers facemask.

The only rule I think needs tweaking is PI. They should have a "minor" (10-yard foul) and a "major" (spot of the foul). If a guy barely brushes someone, that shouldn't count as a "spot" foul. If it's an obvious takedown where the receiver clearly would've had it, then, yeah, spot of the foul.

I'd also like to see a record-keeping tweak: they should differentiate between "air yards" and "ground yards" on a reception. It pisses me off that a guy can throw the ball 2 yards, the receiver can run 98 yards with it for a TD, and the QB gets credited with 100 yards.

LMAO
So stupid...

ROFL