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OT: 2023 NFL rule changes - fullmetal - 03-28-2023
Check out the new changes.
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-rule-changes-2023-jersey-no-0-is-back-personal-foul-penalties-clarified-one-date-for-roster-cutdowns/
But!
Quote:To make handing the football forward a penalty like an illegal forward pass, proposed by the Competition Committee
Rule change: This will penalize teams handing off the football forward on a read-option, for example, or any other running play a penalty. Handoffs will have to be made next to or behind the quarterback, not in front of.
This seems pretty radical, no?
RE: OT: 2023 NFL rule changes - cardcrimson - 03-28-2023
(03-28-2023, 07:31 PM)fullmetal Wrote: Check out the new changes.
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-rule-changes-2023-jersey-no-0-is-back-personal-foul-penalties-clarified-one-date-for-roster-cutdowns/
But!
Quote:To make handing the football forward a penalty like an illegal forward pass, proposed by the Competition Committee
Rule change: This will penalize teams handing off the football forward on a read-option, for example, or any other running play a penalty. Handoffs will have to be made next to or behind the quarterback, not in front of.
This seems pretty radical, no?
Yes, it does. However, other sites have posted a different interpretation than CBS's. An illegal forward handoff would be a "second" forward handoff, or one in front of the line of scrimmage. The new rule argues that an illegal forward handoff should be penalized like an illegal forward pass. Apparently it hasn't been. Makes sense to treat it consistently with an illegal pass.
RE: OT: 2023 NFL rule changes - gocard14 - 03-28-2023
(03-28-2023, 07:55 PM)cardcrimson Wrote:(03-28-2023, 07:31 PM)fullmetal Wrote: Check out the new changes.
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-rule-changes-2023-jersey-no-0-is-back-personal-foul-penalties-clarified-one-date-for-roster-cutdowns/
But!
Quote:To make handing the football forward a penalty like an illegal forward pass, proposed by the Competition Committee
Rule change: This will penalize teams handing off the football forward on a read-option, for example, or any other running play a penalty. Handoffs will have to be made next to or behind the quarterback, not in front of.
This seems pretty radical, no?
Yes, it does. However, other sites have posted a different interpretation than CBS's. An illegal forward handoff would be a "second" forward handoff, or one in front of the line of scrimmage. The new rule argues that an illegal forward handoff should be penalized like an illegal forward pass. Apparently it hasn't been. Makes sense to treat it consistently with an illegal pass.
This interpretation makes a lot more sense. If you couldn’t hand off the ball forwards that would kill any sort shotgun jet sweep plays or a lot of zone reads.
RE: OT: 2023 NFL rule changes - OutsiderFan - 03-29-2023
The NFL needs two rules changes:
1. Each team may dress 3 QBs and make them eligible for the game, with one being declared the Emergency QB. Then 46 other non-QB players can be made active. If the Emergency QB plays, the first two QBs cannot return to the game.
This would allow teams to line up a non-QB at QB, but would ensure the first and second string guys can't return if the Emergency guy plays.
2. Any player who pushes a ball carrier forward from behind, who is not at least 1 yard past the Line of Scrimmage, will be penalized 5 yards.
It's simply unfair to a defense when they have a short yardage play defended well enough to get a stop, and the offense gets to ram the ball carrier - usually a QB named Jalen Hurts - into the line with more force than they would have on their own. NFL football is not rugby. The 1 yard component would create the margin for error officials need to make sure they aren't missing the penalty on the most crucial short yardage plays. It would be obvious when a player was pushing a ball carrier forward before that 1 yard zone. This rule would allow ball carriers to move the pile with the aid of linemen, when down field, after a first down has already been achieved in the majority of cases.
Going for a first down from your own territory should carrier a much higher risk than it does if the ball carrier can be pushed forward from behind the line of scrimmage, a play that is virtually impossible to stop.