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Touchdown Denver
03-26-2014, 08:32 PM
It happens every year: the NFL adds, subtracts, or modifies parts of the rulebook. The changes they made this year in Orlando were no-brainers that should get a lot of support from fans like us.

What did change:

1. Referees will consult with people in New York, where officiating vice president Dean Blandino works, during all reviews. There are two benefits: expedite the process and properly apply all rules. Blandino said nothing will change at the stadium and it should improve consistency in the calls when plays are reviewed.

2. The goalposts will be extended five feet. That was one of Bill Belichick's ideas, but San Francisco's Phil Dawson probably inspired it when he did not get credit for an over-the-top kick. Many coaches supported it.

3. The Navorro Bowman Rule. While recovering from a torn ACL, he can smile about the play he hurt his knee on being good for something: closure of a loophole that negated his fumble recovery. That was the last time a fumble recovery in the field of play could not be reviewed.

4. The game clock will not stop when the quarterback is sacked before the two-minute warning. That idea was introduced as a player safety measure, but I don't see how that makes the game safer.

What did not change:

1. Kickoffs are not moving up to the 40-yard line. The Redskins suggested doing that to further improve player safety on special teams.
2. Teams are still limited to one DTR player on IR. The change would have been to put no limit on using the DTR tag and was only supported by 40 percent of coaches.
3. Personal fouls still can't be reviewed. Not too many people liked the idea of making all plays reviewable. I am very disappointed they can't at least review helmet hits.
4. Overtime periods in preseason games are not going away. The idea was to prevent some unnecessary injuries in exhibition games, so I want to know why it failed.

Change, but no change:

1. No new penalties are in the book, but there will be more flags for clipping, taunting, and excessive celebration.
2. In the first two preseason games, PATs will be attempted at the 20. After that, they will be only 20 yards again.

The full report is on the NFL.com homepage. I like everything they did change and just wish they made certain personal fouls reviewable because they can be real game changers.

MOtorboat
03-26-2014, 10:37 PM
Advice: Use links.

Touchdown Denver
03-26-2014, 11:07 PM
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000337081/article/new-rules-roundup-fieldgoal-posts-to-be-extended

The headline is misleading. It is about all of the rule change suggestions, not just the goalposts.

ShaneFalco
03-28-2014, 07:37 PM
you forget about the whole
"no trash talk" and no "dunking on the uprights"

Touchdown Denver
03-29-2014, 12:38 PM
you forget about the whole "no trash talk" and no "dunking on the uprights"

No I didn't. See "change but no change." Dunking will now be in the same category as using the football as a prop. Racial slurs and other insults are included in the 15-yard taunting penalty. So no rule change is needed, just a clarification and point of emphasis.

spikerman
04-06-2014, 08:48 PM
The no dunking on the uprights is already covered by not using props, but the reason it's not allowed is because there have been several instances of it messing up the uprights and delaying the game. Good rule, imo.

Touchdown Denver
04-09-2014, 05:30 PM
The no dunking on the uprights is already covered by not using props, but the reason it's not allowed is because there have been several instances of it messing up the uprights and delaying the game. Good rule, imo.

Most notably Jimmy Graham hanging on too long. He did it on national TV. I still remember seeing a ladder in the end zone.