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03-24-2015, 01:48 PM | Topic Starter | |
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NFL Owners Meeting: Rules Changes
So as I understand it, so far the NFL owners have decided the following:
1. rejected the "everything is reviewable" on replay suggestion. 2. adopted a rule change (suggested by Miami) eliminating peel back blocks. Such a block (then legal) resulted in the Texans' Cushing getting his ACL torn. Now it's a 15 yard penalty. 3. adopted a rule allowing an NFL official in a booth to stop action on the field and communicate with an official to remove a player who is exhibiting a medical concern such as concussion symptoms. 4. tabled for review/analysis a proposal to install cameras along sidelines and the goal line to improve angles for replay reviews. The NFL has cited cost as a major concern to adopting this proposal. As Belichick said last year "maybe we could have a car wash. Or a bake sale." 5. Made a slight tweak to the rules regarding completing a catch. Quote:
7. Defenseless receivers are now protected as such immediately following an interception. My assumption on this is that under the old rule, if the ball was intercepted, someone else could "block" receivers into oblivion. No more. Last edited by Amnorix; 03-25-2015 at 07:18 AM.. |
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03-24-2015, 01:51 PM | #2 |
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Do they still allow teams that deflate balls and cheat to win the league championship?
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03-24-2015, 02:56 PM | #3 |
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That rule does not apply to beating teams that tanked an entire season to ensure picking the best QB coming out of the draft number one overall.
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03-25-2015, 06:24 AM | #4 |
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Of course not. Once again Pats bullshit has to be swept under the rug to save the league from doing serious punishment.
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03-25-2015, 07:04 AM | #5 | |
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The Wells Report isn't out yet. Presumably sometime between now and the draft. The entire situation is a complete joke. The only reason you think the Patriots did something wrong is because you hate them. There is no evidence of anything at all, and the multiple leaks that were then walked-back makes it impossible to rely on anything until the report comes out, which hopefully will clear up what really did happen. The real bottom line here is that if the NFL wants to ensure that balls are at 12.5-13.5 PSI at all times, they need to do a much better job of managing how that is done. Testing them 2 hours before game-time and then ignoring atmospheric effects is ridiculous.
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03-24-2015, 01:51 PM | #6 |
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4. Cost, seriously?!
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03-24-2015, 01:55 PM | #7 |
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#3 is going to be interesting. That's not going to be abused at all......nah.
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03-24-2015, 02:02 PM | #11 |
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I was really hoping they'd look at the idiotic "Guy can have complete possession of the ball, stumble for 8 steps, roll on the ground, then bobble it a little getting up off the ground and it's not a catch. Or maybe it is. Sometimes. But not in the playoffs." rule.
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They looked at it and made a very minor change, but it doesn't really affect anything. Instead of "a football move", nwo they say "established himself as a runner". The problem with changing the rule is that if you make it too "easy" to complete a catch, then defenders will kill shot receivers half a second after their feet hit the ground, and then it's a FUMBLE. Unless you want to see a dramatic spike in fumbles that weren't fumbles before, there is no way to "fix" the catch rule.
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Having the refs determine when a player actually possess a ball was just too difficult to determine, even with replay. Did the ball stop? Did the ball stop long enough? Did the ball start moving again? So they switched the parameters of a catch to something that is more concrete to judge. A receiver must maintain possession of the ball through ground contact unless he has clearly become a runner, then it's a fumble. 2 hands on the ball ... toe-tapping ... ball moving, none of that means a dam thing anymore. If the player clearly a ball carrier? Yes, fumble. No, must maintain possession through ground contact.
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Their fix still isn't much of one. Is tapping your feet on the sideline enough to establish yourself as a runner, I would say no. The whole thing about catches being defined differently by where they are on the field bothers me. |
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