Proposed rule changes for 2021

[BrassCowboy]

We get it. Everything new is bad. And get off my lawn while you're at it.

No new rule changes have made the game better? If you're a Dez catch theorist, didn't the tweak to the catch rule make you smile a few years after (after you'd claim you wuz robbed theoretically)?

No because they called that wrong with the existing rules anyways.
Football is only getting worse with all the changes. It is not like it used to be

 

[blueblood70]

One rule change I'd like to see is the elimination of ties. I would like a tie game at the end if regulation during the regular season to have a field goal contest. So if at the end of regulation one team would line up at the 10 yard line and kick an uncontested FG. Just him and the holder. Every time he makes it the team backs up 5 or 10 yards. So 10, then the 20, 30, 40, etc. After the 45 yard line they go to 1 or 2 yards after each made kick. Once the kicker misses. Then the other team comes out and does the same thing, whoever makes the longest FG wins. Once the playoffs hit then the normal over time rules kick in.

This would do 3 things. 1. The players would save wear and tear on their bodies. 2. An added emphasis on STs and FG kickers. 3. No more annoying tie games.

no ties sure but not kicking Fgs that way if you did that has to be each team taking the kick rotating back a nd forth and first to miss loses..but i dont like FGs idea at all..its not natural

less ties would happen if they brought back the first to score wins and ay real game the each team gets shot makes it go back and forth more..

BTW how many ties each year? one or two max, cant make rule to eliminate a very rare occurrence.

 

[Jake]

Football will never be like it once was. Rugged & dirty. Now it's all about the money & Goodell is the prime suspect.

Goodell is the prime scapegoat. He's doing exactly what the owners want, which is why they gave him a fat contract extension.

 

[gjkoeppen]

no ties sure but not kicking Fgs that way if you did that has to be each team taking the kick rotating back a nd forth and first to miss loses..but i dont like FGs idea at all..its not natural

less ties would happen if they brought back the first to score wins and ay real game the each team gets shot makes it go back and forth more..

BTW how many ties each year? one or two max, cant make rule to eliminate a very rare occurrence.

There was a time when there were not ties in any regular season game.of course this was before the networks started giving orders to the league.
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[Jake]

1. By Competition Committee; to amend Rule 16, to eliminate overtime in the preseason.

I can't believe OT in preseason ever existed in the first place. No one ever died because a game ended in a tie.

1. By Los Angeles Rams; to amend Rule 8, Section 1, Article 2, to add a loss of down for a second forward pass from behind the line and for a pass thrown after the ball returns behind the line.

I think it should just be a loss of down like any other illegal forward pass. Treat it like an incompletion - the down counts. Why should you get a do over?

 

[Jake]

There was a time when there were not ties in any regular season game.of course this was before the networks started giving orders to the league.

Networks?

Have you seen how Americans react to a tie? It's the greatest calamity of the weekend. That's why we have goofy OT rules in the regular season of all sports, just to manufacture a winner.

One rule change I'd like to see is the elimination of ties. I would like a tie game at the end if regulation during the regular season to have a field goal contest. So if at the end of regulation one team would line up at the 10 yard line and kick an uncontested FG. Just him and the holder. Every time he makes it the team backs up 5 or 10 yards. So 10, then the 20, 30, 40, etc. After the 45 yard line they go to 1 or 2 yards after each made kick. Once the kicker misses. Then the other team comes out and does the same thing, whoever makes the longest FG wins. Once the playoffs hit then the normal over time rules kick in.

This would do 3 things. 1. The players would save wear and tear on their bodies. 2. An added emphasis on STs and FG kickers. 3. No more annoying tie games.

 

[MarcusRock]

No because they called that wrong with the existing rules anyways.
Football is only getting worse with all the changes. It is not like it used to be

Hey man, I've been over this rule a million and one times with people. The ruling was correct as called back then by the rules in place. Most people just didn't understand the rule and dang sure didn't want to accept the results of it so they blame the refs, the league and whomever else they can get their hands on. Human nature if you look around.

 

[Flamma]

I sit corrected. I do think the catch change was good, but that's one in how many rule changes?
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I wouldn't even give them any credit for that rule change. It was a correction of a horrible rule they themselves created.

They destroy the kickoff, and with it the onside kick. So what do they do? Propose a gimmick.

 

[Bobhaze]

Rules changes I would support:

• New Overtime rules- somewhat like college except instead of each team getting the ball at the opponent’s 25, I would make it the 30. If it goes to a second OT, going for two would be required after a TD.
  
• Have a referee in the press box who is responsible to look at all “roughing the QB” calls, PI calls, blows to the head calls, etc, with the ability to be on a headset with the head ref to stop the game to review any call that may need correction.
• Do something to fix onside kick opportunities, making them more possible.
  
• Not a rule change but a philosophy change- just making the referees less ticky-tacky. There are way, way too many penalties! The games are over-litigated. When the refs are stars of the game, it ruins that game.

 

[Flamma]

Yes....or take advantage of technology.

Police use radio for a reason.

No good reason at all there shouldn't be an extra ref next to a monitor to correct very obvious mistakes.

This is done in college (or at least used to be) with a quick buzz down.

As I said above, the league may like the fact that fans and media are discussing bad calls.

Any press is good press right?

Things like this tell me that when whats best for the game and the bottom line are in conflict.....the former isn't even a consideration.

You think that extra ref is going to be used to overturn bad calls? In most cases he'll be there to add additional calls.

 

[fivetwos]

You think that extra ref is going to be used to overturn bad calls? In most cases he'll be there to add additional calls.

No, he/she needs to know they can't nitpick.

It's gotta be the obvious stuff. The kind that affects outcomes of games.

Like the phantom tripping play in NE on our end.

The PI that cost NO a SB in 2018.

I wouldn't propose that person would be there to try to make things perfect.

 

[CWR]

I just read what the competition committee and some of the teams proposals to the NFL rules and I hope none of them are adopted. Every year there are changes proposed that are knee jerk reactions to a single play that happened the year before. There's one change that is probably because of the on side kick the Cowboys did last season. Remember the kickoff team used to be able to lineup several yards behind the 30 yard line and get a running start. Then they changed it that they all have to be on the 30 yard line. Now the change is to have the kicking team lineup 1 yard behind the 30 or on the 29 yard line. and both feet have to remain on the ground until the ball is kicked. I can't think of a single rule change in a very long time that has actually made the game better.

https://www.nfl.com/news/2021-competition-committee-and-club-playing-rules-proposals

I'm not sure why they feel compelled to take all of the excitement out off on side kicks, but its stupid. The percentages are low enough already.

 

[Flamma]

Rules changes I would support:

• New Overtime rules- somewhat like college except instead of each team getting the ball at the opponent’s 25, I would make it the 30. If it goes to a second OT, going for two would be required after a TD.
  
• Have a referee in the press box who is responsible to look at all “roughing the QB” calls, PI calls, blows to the head calls, etc, with the ability to be on a headset with the head ref to stop the game to review any call that may need correction.
• Do something to fix onside kick opportunities, making them more possible.
  
• Not a rule change but a philosophy change- just making the referees less ticky-tacky. There are way, way too many penalties! The games are over-litigated. When the refs are stars of the game, it ruins that game.

I like your 2, 3, and 4, the other one not so much. They can fix the onside kick by removing what they've broken.

I'm hoping they never go to a college style overtime. Or at least not for a very long time.

 

[Whirlwin]

Football will never be like it once was. Rugged & dirty. Now it's all about the money & Goodell is the prime suspect.

I understand we try to make the game safer. I’m not really sure if it’s ruined the game or not. But I do miss the 70 playoff games.

 

[Flamma]

Football is only getting worse with all the changes. It is not like it used to be

I just watched the first half of the week 15 game between the Bears and Jets from 1985. The intensity level is a lot higher. Oh yeah, defense.

 

[blueblood70]

I just watched the first half of the week 15 game between the Bears and Jets from 1985. The intensity level is a lot higher. Oh yeah, defense.

of course it is the defenders are afraid to get targeting penalty or any penalty to hurt their teams so they arent coming full speed and running through offensive players, hit zone is so small they are thinking before tackling..that alone takes energy away form the game..rules have taken football out of football..starting to look a lot like all star games where its lots of points to appease fans but not a lot of hard hitting defensive plays and plays where offensive players are afraid to roam parts of the filed..

 

[Flamma]

of course it is the defenders are afraid to get targeting penalty or any penalty to hurt their teams so they arent coming full speed and running through offensive players, hit zone is so small they are thinking before tackling..that alone takes energy away form the game..rules have taken football out of football..starting to look a lot like all star games where its lots of points to appease fans but not a lot of hard hitting defensive plays and plays where offensive players are afraid to roam parts of the filed..

Perfectly described. I'm hoping last year was a result of the pandemic. I haven't seen a worse display of effort. And of course I make it worse by watching games from the 80s and 90s where the difference jumps out at you. The NFL has to find a way to delete those games from you tube so that they can pretend they have the best product on the field.

 

[plymkr]

no ties sure but not kicking Fgs that way if you did that has to be each team taking the kick rotating back a nd forth and first to miss loses..but i dont like FGs idea at all..its not natural

less ties would happen if they brought back the first to score wins and ay real game the each team gets shot makes it go back and forth more..

BTW how many ties each year? one or two max, cant make rule to eliminate a very rare occurrence.

Yeah I agree that there's not a lot of ties. For some reason it just annoys me a lot.

But I think I may have not explained my idea that well. The FG idea would be short and sweet. So let's say the Cowboys go into overtime. The home team's kicker goes on the field with a holder. So Greg the leg would go on the field with whoever holds the ball. No snap or anything and Greg kicks a FG. If he makes it then he backs up 3 to 5 yards and kicks again. They only have 20 seconds to make the FG, back up and kick again. If they run out of time then the kick is considered a miss. Just him and the holder. When he misses then the other team's FG kicker and holder get to match it.

Kind of like warm ups but the game is on the line.

Just an idea, I'm not going to die on the hill for it. I just hate ties and think there's got to be a way for STs to get more involved in the outcome of the game. There's offense and defense that take up about 90% of the game then ST take up about 10%. I'm just brainstorming of ways to make STs more valuable.

Lol, since that's all the Cowboys draft for in some drafts.

 

[GroundZero1970]

I think the Qb throwing the ball 40 yds out of bounds should be intentional grounding

 

[DoctorChicken]

I’m for most of the rules that help with safety, but most of these rules are just so that the game becomes a higher scoring sport. Which is stupid.

I am not in the “football is football! Let them stab each other on the field! Who cares if everyone gets CTE and dies early?” camp that some seem to be in though.