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?

[dirk digler]

Definitely #1 but the rest meh.

With 17 games they need to expand the roster more and on game day no inactives unless injured. Also allow unlimited IR's and movement between practice squad and active roster.

[Hoover]

Just add a second bye and you could probably figure out the Thursday night thing.

As a consumer, I like having football to watch Thursday, Sunday, and Monday. I mean it basically covers 5 days of the week if you add in college. All I have to get through is Tuesday and Wednesday/

[oldman]

Originally Posted by dirk digler

Definitely #1 but the rest meh.

With 17 games they need to expand the roster more and on game day no inactives unless injured.

Expand the roster to 57 and everyone dresses for the game except those injured. Bring back NFL Europe for exposure and use it like a minor league.

[ReynardMuldrake]

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[morphius]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Defensive holding (aka "the brady drive sustainer rule") is the scourge of our era. I'd be fine allowing pushoffs on offense if we would eliminate defensive holding from the rulebook. Let the receivers and defensive backs duke it out.

You'd have to get rid of illegal contact as well. I'd just like something done there, 'cause nothing more fun than D holding when trying to stay with a guy that is pushing you off, but only the D guy gets called for it.