Suggested rule changes for the NFL

[the steam]

1. No more Thursday games. Should not have to play on 3 days rest. Exception Thanksgiving let Detroit and Dallas have their games for tradition.

2. In a 7 point game if the trailing team scores a TD they must go for 2. Example if team a is up 7-0 in the 1st Q and team B scores a TD to make it 7-6 they must go for 2. If team A is up 31-24 with 10 seconds left and team B scores they must go for 2.

3. If you line up to go for it on 4th down you must go for it. So sick and tired of "just trying to draw them offsides." You can't call TO and a delay of game is a turnover on downs.

4. Less timeouts. 6 TO's per team is a joke. Especially with the 2 min warnings, stoppage at the end of quarters and countless free TO's for commercials and reviews. Add to that coaches "I will never take a TO to the locker room!!" mentality and the games can be painful to watch. The NHL has this right and the NFL should follow. One TO per team per game. I'll admit redzone with 7 hours of commercial free football has spoiled me and between the TO's, penalties, reviews, and 100 pre snap whistles a game I get really bored watching stand alone games. Let's speed up the games

5.Enforcement of roughing the passer/late hit/unnecessary roughness. NFL should take another cue from the NHL here. NHL rules state you cannot check from behind or drive someone into the boards but this rule is broken about 20x a game. It is usually only called when the impact is hard and it does damage to an opposing player. They don't call soft shoves from behind and the NFL should not call RTP when a hand grazes the QB's helmet. Some RTP calls the QB doesn't even go down it's just a push in the shoulder. I'm talking about you Brady and Rodgers. If the QB is getting right up pumping his fist and celebrating RTP should not be called.

6. Intentional grounding. Rarely called because if the QB takes 2 or 3 steps to the left or right grounding the ball is legal. Just get rid of the penalty for intentional grounding but any pass that doesn't get to the line of scrimmage is a live ball. Would be very exciting and would stop all these check down Charlie QB's from boring us to death with their dink and dunk

What are some rule changes you guys would like to see?

[dlphg9]

Here's an actual good idea, Defensive Holding is no longer a god damn automatic 1st down. Actually I think DPI and facemask are the only penalties that should result in an automatic 1st down.

[the steam]

Originally Posted by dlphg9

All but number 1 suck shit. God you'd make the game suck a butt!

So you would like more timeouts/stoppages/pre snap whistles, more ticky tack roughing the passer penalties, more QB taking a couple steps and throwing it away and less 2 point attempts? Whatever floats your boat

[the steam]

Originally Posted by dlphg9

Here's an actual good idea, Defensive Holding is no longer a god damn automatic 1st down.

Agree and already said that ITT

[dlphg9]

Originally Posted by the steam

So you would like more timeouts/stoppages/pre snap whistles, more ticky tack roughing the passer penalties, more QB taking a couple steps and throwing it away and less 2 point attempts? Whatever floats your boat

Not more timeouts, but 3 is perfect. Especially with end of the game play. What's more exciting then knowing you have Patrick Mahomes and 1:30 seconds to score a game winning TD or drive down for a game winning kick.

[the steam]

Originally Posted by dlphg9

Not more timeouts, but 3 is perfect. Especially with end of the game play. What's more exciting then knowing you have Patrick Mahomes and 1:30 seconds to score a game winning TD or drive down for a game winning kick.

I agree, I just think there is enough stoppages of play. You already have free timeouts anytime there is a review or a penalty. Also spikes are allowed. I'm showing my age here but I remember when the QB had to throw it in the direction of a WR to stop the clock

[the steam]

Originally Posted by dlphg9

Not more timeouts, but 3 is perfect. Especially with end of the game play. What's more exciting then knowing you have Patrick Mahomes and 1:30 seconds to score a game winning TD or drive down for a game winning kick.

6 timeouts was probably the right amount back in the day, but it was a totally different game. The games moved along a lot faster. Teams ran the ball much more. I think Starr and Dawson had about 50 passes between them in SB1. The great Pittsburgh and Miami teams had 2 1000 yd rushers. QB's didn't have a radio to the coach in their helmet and huge playsheet/wristbands on their nonthrowing hand. Teams didn't run the hurry up until it was desperation time. No stoppages for instant replay. Just a totally different game now.

[Bearcat]

On one hand, I think fewer timeouts would really hurt the last two minutes of a game... OTOH, the last two minutes of a game has gotten pretty damn insane in recent years. And not just :13, but with certain QBs you know a team is going to get in FG range with a minute left or only 30 seconds left.... if not go down and score "too quickly" because the other team can score in 20 seconds. For Mahomes specifically, we thought the 2018 AFCCG was impressive before he on-upped that one.

So, I could actually see that one, except it would give the Mahomeses of the world even more of an advantage.... it doesn't water down the product, which is the NFL's main goal.

[cosmo20002]

Anyone who whines about the NFL being rigged should be banned from watching the NFL. And definitely banned from posting about it.

[Balto]

6. Intentional grounding. Rarely called because if the QB takes 2 or 3 steps to the left or right grounding the ball is legal. Just get rid of the penalty for intentional grounding but any pass that doesn't get to the line of scrimmage is a live ball. Would be very exciting and would stop all these check down Charlie QB's from boring us to death with their dink and dunk

If every ball was live that didn’t make it to the line that would take spiking the ball to stop the clock out of the game. I actually enjoy that suspense

[lcarus]

At some point I just wish they'd quit ****ing with the game.

[Lzen]

1. I do like having football to watch on Thursdays but, I agree that it sucks to play on a short week. At the very least, they should make it so that the traveling team gets to play the earliest possible game on the Sunday prior.

2. Dumb, dumb, dumb. Nope.

3. No.

4. Again, this is dumb, dumb, dumb. Some teams use these timeouts wisely to strategize. Or sometimes a coach calls it because he sees his defense is not set up properly and will probably give up a huge play. You'd be taking away from the game.
Nope.

5. I agree that this one is questionable. It is called differently depending on the player. I don't like the ticky tack calls.

6. Nope. This rule is just fine the way it is, IMO.

Edit: One more note on #1. Why is it that the tradition is that Dallas and Detroit get home games every Thanksgiving? I hate that tradition. Put other matchups on that day. F@#$ those two teams!

[Lzen]

Originally Posted by SuperBowl4

7. Stop making a season ticket holder buy preseason games

Yes!

[Lzen]

Originally Posted by BleedingRed

Has this motion been 2nded?

I second it.

[Lzen]

Originally Posted by lcarus

I'm glad they cut it down to 3 preseason games but I could see them cutting it down to 2. Just to see who makes the team and to give some prep time for the guys who need it.

I like the fact that they cut out one preseason game. I don't like the fact that now there is 2 weeks between the last week of preseason games and the first week of the regular season.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by lcarus

At some point I just wish they'd quit ****ing with the game.

This.