Twitter: May be more league changes to special teams next year

[KJJ]

I know, getting a little silly there.

When I play electric football that is how I do a punt. Just 40 yards away

If the league keeps changing the rules they’ll turn the game into what we saw in the pro bowl.

 

[John813]

I was hoping for landmines

 

[john van brocklin]

They played patty cake.

flag football ?

 

[KJJ]

They played patty cake.

With the lack of physicality we showed against San Francisco we might have a chance recapturing some glory in a game of patty cake.

 

[shabazz]

It really is sad to see how much the NFL has changed. I get that they want to promote player safety...but then why add another game to the season? Seems hypocritical. Football is supposed to be a "contact" sport, but soon there will be no contact....so what is it going to be called?

soccer…..

 

[Motorola]

All games will just be the Pro Bowl soon. And while I am on it, I used to love the Pro Bowl as a kid. I liked seeing all the different helmets on the same team. But that Pro Bowl was a disgrace to the game and the league. If they aren't going to play tackle football, just cancel it.

And do the same with the MLB and NBA all-star games.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

Just call the sport handegg already. There's very little kicking to begin, and now they want to take more kicking away? Why call it football anymore?

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

soccer…..

I think it should be called handegg. The ball looks like an egg and is carried by hand. Simple and says exactly what the game is. Just like Euro football is called football instead of soccer because it's a ball struck by the foot. Exactly as it says on the tin.

 

[Pantone282C]

With the lack of physicality we showed against San Francisco we might have a chance recapturing some glory in a game of patty cake.

Real scheisse show.

 

[JoeKing]

Get rid of the kickoff. Just start drives at the 25-yard line.

 

[Pantone282C]

Just call the sport handegg already. There's very little kicking to begin, and now they want to take more kicking away? Why call it football anymore?

Wow. What a dreadful but truthful thought.

 

[shabazz]

Get rid of the kickoff. Just start drives at the 25-yard line.

……and make it a penalty if they don’t say please and thank you before and after plays.

 

[JoeKing]

……and make it a penalty if they don’t say please and thank you before and after plays.

...And that's why we can't have a serious conversation about certain topics.

 

[shabazz]

...And that's why we can't have a serious conversation about certain topics.

sorry bout that. You had a legitimate and valid point to make and I marginalized and disenfranchised it. My apologies

 

[TexasBoys2288]

When they get rid of all the injuries, they can then have all types of genders playing. Genders 1-50 and A-Z can all participate, and everyone gets a Superbowl ring and trophy. They will change the name from the NFL to the NWL, the National Wussie League.

Or, they could just build robots to play the game and have a bunch of nerds on the sidelines with game controllers in hand.

 

[Flamma]

Glad i didn't watch it....i am sure its turning like the NBA All=Star game.. another joke.

You have no idea. How long has it been since you watched it? The last time I watched the pro bowl they were still tackling the quarterback. So imagine my surprise when I turned it on for one play and the DE pulls up just short of the QB. Off it went.

 

[Aviano90]

Yet who do you think spearheads that commission? It's a bunch of yes men bowing to Goodell....just happy to be there collecting a check.

He doesn't spearhead the committee. He selects them and they carry out their duties. And, looking at the list of who he selected, it doesn't look like yes men. Additionally, even if they were yes men, it's still the owners who get to decide if they are going to vote to change the rules.

I hate to defend Goodell, but we have to have some level of understanding of how things work in the NFL as a fanbase instead of just complaining for the sake of complaining.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

Wow. What a dreadful but truthful thought.

I mean, the lack of kicking overall is what gets this sport laughed at internationally, and removing the kickoff is one more reason for the rest of the world to laugh. At least rugby, while technically called rugby football, calls itself just rugby (rugby league or rugby union) depending on the style, and even then there's far more kicking. Take the kickoff away from American Football, and you might as well change the name of the game.

 

[RaZon]

If the league keeps changing the rules they’ll turn the game into what we saw in the pro bowl.

I confess didn't watch it and haven't for a long time.

How about ya can't be over 299 pounds.

 

[Pantone282C]

I mean, the lack of kicking overall is what gets this sport laughed at internationally, and removing the kickoff is one more reason for the rest of the world to laugh. At least rugby, while technically called rugby football, calls itself just rugby (rugby league or rugby union) depending on the style, and even then there's far more kicking. Take the kickoff away from American Football, and you might as well change the name of the game.

Makes sense. Like calling pan fried vegan breakfast food an omelet. Or stainless steel eating utensils 'silverware.'