5 Rule Changes For The Pro Bowl

[RelaxImaPro]

Just give us a skills competition. Otherwise I'm completely tuned out of the probowl. It's just boring now.

 

Did you watch it last year?  It was actually surprisingly good... seemed like the players took it serious.  If it wasn't being played a full-speed/etc, then it was damn close to it.  It was a helluva lot better than the Super Bowl last year, that's for sure.

 

Hopefully it'll be played with the same level of effort this year.

[PhillyB]

last year was the best one i can remember watching. they should stick with that.

[sharkkiller]

So I have a rules question not really related to the Pro-Bowl.

 

 

If you can have a man in motion at the snap, why not have your speed reciever running at full speed parallel to the line of scrimage, then cut in a gradually curve up field, so that he is running at almost full speed up the sideline while the defender is backpedalling? Is there a rule against this?

[B.BERSIN]

This game will disappear in a decade.

[Panthro]

I used to enjoy those qb competitions where they were driving golf carts with card board cut outs on them

[beckersteen]

The only thing I really don't like is alternating possessions at ever quarter. The rest I'm interested in seeing how it affects the game.

[PantherBoy95]

So I have a rules question not really related to the Pro-Bowl.

 

 

If you can have a man in motion at the snap, why not have your speed reciever running at full speed parallel to the line of scrimage, then cut in a gradually curve up field, so that he is running at almost full speed up the sideline while the defender is backpedalling? Is there a rule against this?

 

He must be in a set position once the snap happens

[Goondal]

Most of that is stupid, but I like the thirty-five second play clock and I love the fact that losing yards inside two minutes is akin to an incomplete pass.  Both mean more football overall and the second dramatically helps alleviate what I find to be the biggest flaw to this great game...running out the clock.

 

This is supposed to be a sixty minute game.  I hate that we can watch fifty-eight minutes of a great game and then have it end with the QB essentially falling to one knee and practicing his marriage proposal.  That is not football and not how a game should end.  Then team/coaches are seen as scum if they attempt to "Play 60" and disrupt the kneel down in any way.

 

There is standing around in all sports, but football is the only one where standing around and doing nothing is literally part of the game as the clock is actually running while they do nothing.  I always imagine Mariano Rivera on the mound in the 9th, or Jordan on the FT line attempting to ice the game, and just saying "I do not want to risk screwing up, just going to take a knee."  I hate that football allows teams to just stop playing during what should be the most important part of the game.

 

Forcing teams to gain at least one yard for the clock to run would be the NFL's version of making free throws at the end of the game.  It is the best thing to come out of the Arena league (that is right Kurt Warner) and is something that should have been adopted yesterday.

[PanthersATL]

I'm 100% in favor of narrow uprights and pushing the PAT back at least 10 yards.  When the PAT has become a ~99% guarantee chipshot, there's nothing wrong with making it just a bit harder. There's been too many rule changes to favor offense, so why not throw in one that benefits defense?

 

As for the Pro Bowl - they should make it a combination of Battle of the Network Stars (original version with Howard Cosell announcing, not the new-fangled crap version they did a few years ago) topped off with a legit game of flag football.  The pros don't want to get hurt playing in a relatively meaningless game, so why not let them have some fun with it?  Throw in a little cheerleader-vs-cheerleader game (dunk tank? kayak race?) and ABC/ESPN would have a reasonably inexpensive 2-hour ratings event.

[sharkkiller]

He must be in a set position once the snap happens

 

Not true according to this:

 

http://www.nfl.com/rulebook/positionofplayers

 

 

 

Position of Players at Snap

1. Offensive team must have at least seven players on line.
2. Offensive players, not on line, must be at least one yard back at snap. 

   (Exception: player who takes snap.)

3. No interior lineman may move abruptly after taking or simulating a three-point stance.
4. No player of either team may enter neutral zone before snap.
5. No player of offensive team may charge or move abruptly, after assuming set position, in such manner as to lead defense to believe snap has started. No player of the defensive team within one yard of the line of scrimmage may make an abrupt movement in an attempt to cause the offense to false start.
6. If a player changes his eligibility, the Referee must alert the defensive captain after player has reported to him.
7. All players of offensive team must be stationary at snap, except one back who may be in motion parallel to scrimmage line or backward (not forward).
8. After a shift or huddle all players on offensive team must come to an absolute stop for at least one second with no movement of hands, feet, head, or swaying of body.
9. Quarterbacks can be called for a false start penalty (five yards) if their actions are judged to be an obvious attempt to draw an opponent offside.
10. Offensive linemen are permitted to interlock legs.

[philw5289]

Love the pat and more narrow field goals. Absolutely hate no blitzing and no kick offs

[mc52beast]

If they want to make it more interesting they should allow cheerleaders to play wearing their uniforms

[PantherBoy95]

Not true according to this:

 

http://www.nfl.com/rulebook/positionofplayers

 

By that ruling then I'm not sure it would help much. He would literally have to be facing the sideline when the snap happens if I'm deciphering that correctly.

 

[sharkkiller]

By that ruling then I'm not sure it would help much. He would literally have to be facing the sideline when the snap happens if I'm deciphering that correctly.

 

 

 

Right, but if you snap the ball right after he passes the tight end to the wide side of the field, he can be running full speed at the start of a wheel route. Could be interesting.