Last night’s Hall of Fame preseason game marked the first appearance of the league’s new kickoff rules. The NFL adopted the kickoff format championed in recent years by the spring football leagues. They’ve even tweaked the onside kick rules too. … Read more
Written by: Richard Paolinelli
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The NFL will utilize new technology in a few preseason games to assess its impact on the games. The technology in question is a Sony product called Hawk-Eye, which could potentially replace chain gangs in measuring line-to-gain. Several games over the years have hinged on the exact placement … Read more
Written by: Cody Warren
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The NFL poached one major rule from the spring football leagues – and it’s a big one. Starting this year, the NFL has adopted the kickoff format first used by the XFL – now the UFL after that league merged with the USFL this year. We haven’t even … Read more
Written by: Richard Paolinelli
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This was an interesting notification from my phone early this week. Kickoffs will look slightly different in 2023 than what we are used to. The league approved a one-year trial of new fair catch rules on Tuesday. Doing so means kick returners can now signal for a fair … Read more
Written by: Shane Taylor
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The NFL has been holding its Spring League Meeting this week in Eagan, MN, and the Competition Committee has been busy during the first couple of days. The flex scheduling policy for Thursday night games (submitted by the Media and Media O&O Committees) has been a hot topic … Read more
Written by: Jazz Monet
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Last week, the NFL announced several proposed rule changes to be discussed at the recently held annual league meeting in Phoenix, AZ. Seventeen proposals were submitted in total — nine by separate NFL clubs and eight more by the NFL Competition Committee. Of the 17 proposals, nine changes … Read more
Written by: Jazz Monet
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The next NFL league meeting is scheduled to begin one week from today: March 26 – 29 in Phoenix, AZ. Recently, the NFL released details of nine proposed rule changes submitted by seven different clubs. The potential changes will be voted on during the league meeting at the … Read more
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“NFL games are competitive and unpredictable.” That is the first sentence written on the NFL Operations page explaining the NFL’s regular season and postseason overtime rules. Fans may view teams very differently based on win-loss records. The NFL, however, seems to recognize the closeness in competitive ability from … Read more
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