ESPN: Draft order to change for playoff teams; other rule changes approved

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Draft order to change for playoff teams

By John Clayton
ESPN.com

DANA POINT, Calif. -- The NFL owners concluded their annual meeting Wednesday by voting to alter the draft order of pick Nos. 21 through 30 based on the teams' performance in the playoffs.

Under the new draft order, which will take effect in 2010, the order of teams not in the playoffs is still based on record -- i.e., the team with the worst record will receive the No. 1 draft pick.

For the rest, there will be a reseeding based on how far the teams go in the playoffs. For example, the losers of the wild-card games will be seeded 21st through 24th based on their records.

Winners in the divisional rounds will be seeded 25th through 28th. Teams eliminated in the conference championship games will be seeded 29th and 30th.

The Super Bowl loser will be seeded 31st. The Super Bowl winner will receive the final pick in the draft.

The competition committee recommended the change -- which the owners passed 32-0 -- after watching the San Diego Chargers go 8-8 as a division champion in 2008, then win a game in the playoffs. But the Chargers drafted ahead of teams that didn't make the playoffs, and well ahead of the Indianapolis Colts, whom they beat in the playoffs.

The Jacksonville Jaguars withdrew their playoff seeding proposal, which would have given home games to wild-card teams based strictly on their records, instead of seeding teams higher if they win division titles. The Jaguars have been pushing this proposal for two years, but it didn't have enough support.

Two minor rule changes also were adopted:

• If a fumble or backward pass goes out of bounds, the game clock will start when the official places the ball in play.

• The NFL eliminated a second onside kick chance if the first onside kick goes out of bounds. The competition committee believed that bad onside kicks should not be rewarded with a second opportunity.

John Clayton is a senior NFL writer for ESPN.com.
 

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Reality;2702783 said:
Draft order to change for playoff teams

By John Clayton
ESPN.com

DANA POINT, Calif. -- The NFL owners concluded their annual meeting Wednesday by voting to alter the draft order of pick Nos. 21 through 30 based on the teams' performance in the playoffs.

Under the new draft order, which will take effect in 2010, the order of teams not in the playoffs is still based on record -- i.e., the team with the worst record will receive the No. 1 draft pick.

For the rest, there will be a reseeding based on how far the teams go in the playoffs. For example, the losers of the wild-card games will be seeded 21st through 24th based on their records.

Winners in the divisional rounds will be seeded 25th through 28th. Teams eliminated in the conference championship games will be seeded 29th and 30th.

The Super Bowl loser will be seeded 31st. The Super Bowl winner will receive the final pick in the draft.

The competition committee recommended the change -- which the owners passed 32-0 -- after watching the San Diego Chargers go 8-8 as a division champion in 2008, then win a game in the playoffs. But the Chargers drafted ahead of teams that didn't make the playoffs, and well ahead of the Indianapolis Colts, whom they beat in the playoffs.

The Jacksonville Jaguars withdrew their playoff seeding proposal, which would have given home games to wild-card teams based strictly on their records, instead of seeding teams higher if they win division titles. The Jaguars have been pushing this proposal for two years, but it didn't have enough support.

Two minor rule changes also were adopted:

• If a fumble or backward pass goes out of bounds, the game clock will start when the official places the ball in play.

• The NFL eliminated a second onside kick chance if the first onside kick goes out of bounds. The competition committee believed that bad onside kicks should not be rewarded with a second opportunity.

John Clayton is a senior NFL writer for ESPN.com.

I see no issues with this
 

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The NFL eliminated a second onside kick chance if the first onside kick goes out of bounds. The competition committee believed that bad onside kicks should not be rewarded with a second opportunity.
I could've sworn this was already a rule.

We didn't get a second onside kick attempt after our first one went out of bounds vs. Washington in week 4.
 

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Nav22;2702820 said:
I could've sworn this was already a rule.

We didn't get a second onside kick attempt after our first one went out of bounds vs. Washington in week 4.

If you do an onside kick within 2 minutes and it goes OB you dont get a 2nd chance.

It is when it is outside of 2 minutes that you did.

I might be wrong on the 2 minutes part, but I know it is within some timeframe.
 

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Didn't it still have to go 10 yards or is that vice versa or neither.
 

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jobberone;2702841 said:
Didn't it still have to go 10 yards or is that vice versa or neither.

I thought it mattered if it was touched or not. Sam Hurd got his hands on the ball in the Washington game. If no one touched it then it would have been a do over. At least at one time that was the case, I think.. I seem to remember it occurring in a game I watched several years ago.

Anyway I am glad the rule has been changed. A team should not get a second chance for an onside kick.
 
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