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Check out the new changes.
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-r...-cutdowns/

But!

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.

[cardcrimson]

Check out the new changes.
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-r...-cutdowns/

But!

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.