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?

[Sofa King]

**** Dallas and Detroit on Thanksgiving. Get rid of those shitbag teams. Detroit always sucks and Dallas’s entire division sucks. Put some quality games on for a change.

[Sofa King]

**** Dallas and Detroit on Thanksgiving. Get rid of those shitbag teams. Detroit always sucks and Dallas’s entire division sucks. Put some quality games on for a change.

[the steam]

Originally Posted by Lightrise

Not a fan of any of those proposals, but, pass interference remains a terrible problem. How many times are we going to witness Brady throwing it down the field in the 4th quarter to the 5 yard line and get a call - ridiculous. I think 4th quarter calls should come from New York only inside the 20, and never result in a first down. They get half the distance to the first down marker and get the down back, and a repeat penalty, consecutively results in a 20 yard penalty.

I'd be fine with maxing out PI at 15 yds. I agree with no automatic 1st downs either let the yardage speak for itself. Nothing worse then the defense making a stop on 3rd and 12 and the zebras call a ticky tack defensive holding. It should be 3 and 7. Giving them another shot is bad enough dont need to give a 1st down. It would be like in baseball hitting a batter or catcher interference not only resulting in 1st base awarded but automatically reset the batting team to no outs.

[Coochie liquor]

I want the Chiefs to have a bye week between every game, and Dungver has to play every Thursday and Sunday.

[scho63]

1,000 posts needed to start threads.

[Coochie liquor]

Originally Posted by scho63

1,000 posts needed to start threads.

Yes, this!! And can we give Inmen his privs back??

[Brody Wa]

I would like to see the NFL get rid of field goals and extra points. Force the teams to go for 2 points. **** losing a game to a kicker.

[Sorce]

This ted talk sucks...

[the steam]

Originally Posted by scho63

1,000 posts needed to start threads.

Sorry my thread that I put a lot of thought into and is about football is getting in the way of the 800 or so threads about things that have nothing to do with the Chiefs or football. If it's so bad just ignore

[Sofa King]

Originally Posted by the steam

I'd be fine with maxing out PI at 15 yds. I agree with no automatic 1st downs either let the yardage speak for itself. Nothing worse then the defense making a stop on 3rd and 12 and the zebras call a ticky tack defensive holding. It should be 3 and 7. Giving them another shot is bad enough dont need to give a 1st down. It would be like in baseball hitting a batter or catcher interference not only resulting in 1st base awarded but automatically reset the batting team to no outs.

Sweet. I can’t wait for every pass that travels over 16 yards and looks like it will be completed to end in a pass interference on purpose. That’ll make the game more watchable.

[RedinTexas]

Originally Posted by SuperBowl4

7. Stop making a season ticket holder buy preseason games

Preseason games don't count and the starters play very little. The games should be free to attend.

[RedinTexas]

Originally Posted by the steam

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

Start with the most obvious. The 2 minute warnings exist because the referee kept the official time of the game. Now, the official time is on the scoreboard and everyone knows exactly how much time is remaining. Any coach that is unaware of how much time is left is just stupid. If we must have a 2 minute warning, then just announce it. No timeout.

[big nasty kcnut]

long time caller first time listener.

[Chief Pagan]

Originally Posted by Chiefnj2

I would adopt the “spot and choose” OT proposal that Belichick and the Ravens suggested.

I’d also like the higher playoff seed get to choose their opponent.

Jeff Van Gundy and I agree with you

Just assuming he does because he usually agrees with reasonable rule changes to make the game better.

[dlphg9]

Originally Posted by 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?

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