News: NFL owners approve rule changes for 2016

[WoodysGirl]

Here’s what passed:

• By Competition Committee; Permanently moves the line of scrimmage for Try kicks to the defensive team’s 15-yard line, and allows the defense to return any missed Try.
• By Competition Committee; Permits the offensive and defensive play callers on the coaching staffs to use the coach-to-player communication system regardless of whether they are on the field or in the coaches’ booth.
• By Competition Committee; Makes all chop blocks illegal.
• By Competition Committee; Expands the horse collar rule to include when a defender grabs the jersey at the nameplate or above and pulls a runner toward the ground.
• By Competition Committee; Makes it a foul for delay of game when a team attempts to call a timeout when it is not permitted to do so.
• By Competition Committee; Eliminates the five-yard penalty for an eligible receiver illegally touching a forward pass after being out of bounds and re-establishing himself inbounds, and makes it a loss of down.
• By Competition Committee; Eliminates multiple spots of enforcement for a double foul after a change of possession.

Read the rest: http://operations.nfl.com/updates/football-ops/nfl-owners-approve-rules-changes-for-2016

 

[endersdragon]

This must be the first time I have ever heard an extra point called a try.. The only change I really like is #6... I have always thought that rule was dumb

 

[pacy]

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• By Competition Committee; Makes it a foul for delay of game when a team attempts to call a timeout when it is not permitted to do so.
• [/quote]

So icing a kicker is now a foul for delay of game ???

 

[Hoov]

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• By Competition Committee; Makes it a foul for delay of game when a team attempts to call a timeout when it is not permitted to do so.

So icing a kicker is now a foul for delay of game ???[/quote]

I don't think so. But I guess The question is when isn't a team permitted to call a time out ? The only thing I can think of is when they don't have any.

 

[Hoov]

QB's still allowed to chuck the ball away to avoid sack - was hoping that would change

 

[ActualCowboysFan]

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• By Competition Committee; Makes it a foul for delay of game when a team attempts to call a timeout when it is not permitted to do so.

So icing a kicker is now a foul for delay of game ???[/quote]

That's the Seattle halftime freebie from last season.

 

[Plankton]

It's absolute idiocy that you can't try an extra point with a kick shorter than 33 yards, but you can kick a FG between 19 and 33 yards for three points. Absolutely stupid rule.

 

[Hoov]

It's absolute idiocy that you can't try an extra point with a kick shorter than 33 yards, but you can kick a FG between 19 and 33 yards for three points. Absolutely stupid rule.

Just wait until a team loses a big game because of a failed xtra point that would have sent the game to overtime.

 

[jrumann59]

I thought it was already illegal to call back to back timeouts without a play being executed

 

[BrassCowboy]

QB's still allowed to chuck the ball away to avoid sack - was hoping that would change

really? i am so glad they didnt change that rule. Defender needs to get the QB if he is going to get the QB. Cant have defenders being able to just blow on the QB and it being automatically a sack.

 

[BrassCowboy]

I thought it was already illegal to call back to back timeouts without a play being executed

didnt someone in the playoffs try calling a timeout but didn't have one. Refs simply stopped to remind him of that no penalty, but it did disrupt the rush of the offense.

 

[Kevinicus]

really? i am so glad they didnt change that rule. Defender needs to get the QB if he is going to get the QB. Cant have defenders being able to just blow on the QB and it being automatically a sack.

No, it's a stupid and cheap rule. If the QB has nobody to throw to and defenders bearing down on him for a clear would be sack, he shouldn't be able to just toss it to no man's land or out of bounds to save his butt. Pretty much the exact opposite of "just blowing on the QB."

 

[BrassCowboy]

No, it's a stupid and cheap rule. If the QB has nobody to throw to and defenders bearing down on him for a clear would be sack, he shouldn't be able to just toss it to no man's land or out of bounds to save his butt. Pretty much the exact opposite of "just blowing on the QB."

They have the intentional grounding rule, that is good enough. Qbs should be able to throw it in the direction of a receiver (RB,TE,WR) even if it is an obvious non catchable throw .

I think it is fair for aqb to throw the ball even while in initial grasp of a defender, before progress is stopped of course

Def needs to beat the QB to it basically, rule as is is fine

 

[RJ_MacReady]

That's the Seattle halftime freebie from last season.

Bingo. This was probably an input from the Cowboys. Ole' Pete the Cheat attempted to call a second TO in a row to prevent a 12-men on the field penalty and the ref, instead of ignoring it, blew the whistle and voided any flags. That was a field goal try inside the redzone and would have resulted in a 1st and goal for us. Now...it was Cassell at QB and the first or second game back for Dez so it wasn't like a guarantee that we would have had 7 instead or 3, but who knows. Also, late in the final seconds of the 4th, IRRC, Russell dived out of bounds but the refs kept the play clock running. We ended up losing by a point. I'm not saying we were robbed of a victory, I'm just stating that the poor officiating robbed us at a CHANCE of a victory.

 

[Seven]

What about the Manning self sack, get back up and complete a first down?

 

[Bill Wooten]

They have the intentional grounding rule, that is good enough. Qbs should be able to throw it in the direction of a receiver (RB,TE,WR) even if it is an obvious non catchable throw .

I think it is fair for aqb to throw the ball even while in initial grasp of a defender, before progress is stopped of course

Def needs to beat the QB to it basically, rule as is is fine

Not arguing either way, but would love to hear Staubach and Fran Tarkenton weigh in on this rule. I'm sure they would have loved to just be able to throw the ball away and take a few less hits. On the other hand, some of their greatest plays would have never happened if they had done so.

 

[jobberone]

I thought it was already illegal to call back to back timeouts without a play being executed

NFL rule 4, Section 5, Item 3 prohibits consecutive timeouts within the same dead ball period for the same team.

 

[BrassCowboy]

What about the Manning self sack, get back up and complete a first down?

yeah i really didn't get the gripe when I first heard of that. A defender didnt knock him down or touch him so seemed perfectly legal to me. We start going down the slippery slope of certain players slipping is giving themselves up while others its not.... ahh I think we need to stay consistant with you need to be touched by a defender for all.IMO

 

[Section446]

The ban on the chop block is years over due.

 

[Hoov]

They have the intentional grounding rule, that is good enough. Qbs should be able to throw it in the direction of a receiver (RB,TE,WR) even if it is an obvious non catchable throw .

I think it is fair for aqb to throw the ball even while in initial grasp of a defender, before progress is stopped of course

Def needs to beat the QB to it basically, rule as is is fine

I don't like that the qb can step just outside the pocket and chuck it way out of bounds to avoid a sack. Would like to see it read something like must be within 5 yards of eligible receiver.