Goodell Wants To Eliminate Kickoffs - Floats Novel Idea

[Prossman]

This is a contact sport. Goodell is a idiot and is ruining the game.

[burmafrd]

next step towards flag football

Just admit that is what you really want

[Cajuncowboy]

Dumbest idea yet. More players get hurt going over the middle to catch a pass. What's next, outlawing the forward pass?

[TTexasTT]

Yes and we need weight limits

[burmafrd]

either make it flag football or leave it alone as it is

Anything else is hypocritical

if you are really "concerned" about the players all contact must be eliminated.

If you do not do that then you are just giving lip service

[Kilyin]

I think once a team gets into the red zone, they should just flip a coin. Heads you get a touchdown, tails you get a field goal. That way, we have less injuries, less time wasted reviewing plays, and you can then go automatically to this new non-kickoff clause.

[TTexasTT]

Originally Posted by Kilyin

I think once a team gets into the red zone, they should just flip a coin. Heads you get a touchdown, tails you get a field goal. That way, we have less injuries, less time wasted reviewing plays, and you can then go automatically to this new non-kickoff clause.

No, no, no... The team captains should just meet in the middle for the pregame coin flip. Whoever wins that, wins the game. Then Jerry can show The Notebook on the jumbotron while the kids play Red Rover on the field.

[landroverking]

As long as the NFL let's players pick thier equipment they can't talk rule changes for saftey

[AbeBeta]

Originally Posted by landroverking

As long as the NFL let's players pick thier equipment they can't talk rule changes for saftey

Huh? Can you restate your argument in a way that makes sense?

[percyhoward]

Originally Posted by TTexasTT

No, no, no... The team captains should just meet in the middle for the pregame coin flip. Whoever wins that, wins the game. Then Jerry can show The Notebook on the jumbotron while the kids play Red Rover on the field.

I lolled.

[sunbum]

Originally Posted by TTexasTT

Yes and we need weight limits

[Roadtrip635]

Don't kid yourself, it has less to with the league being concerned about player safety and more concerned about adding two more games to the schedule. The spin is, if they can show they are trying to limit contact there will be less injuries and that adding more games will be more feasible.

[houstonwhodat]

Originally Posted by cowboyeric8

Also these are the same people wanting 18 games (another idea I hate). Is that for player safety too? Please.

They are doing this to try and create an image of a safer game. It's football, it's a contact sport, get used to it or shut up.

It's nothing more than the "Illusion" of safety.

You take the violence out of football then you have cricket.

[Kangaroo]

Originally Posted by landroverking

As long as the NFL let's players pick thier equipment they can't talk rule changes for saftey

That is kind of funny since next year they are required to wear knee and thigh pads. Opps you just showed that you are just blowing a lot of hot air.

[CashMan]

There is an Ex-NFL player on the local radio station here in Chicago, named Doug Buffone, who suggested, if you wanted to make the game safe, eliminate Zone Defense. He says if you played man to man, then you wouldn't have players coming at full speed and hitting someone, so much. It does make sense.