what rule would you like to see changed this summer

[carolinarolls]

agree with defenseless receiver and 5 yard contact rule is pure garbage.

yes I would like to keep Cam protected but Cam is big, agile, and self-aware. he can take care of himself. If you can't take the QB out when you get a shot you have ruined probably the greatest equalizer the game has ever known. If owners are whining about the money in the guaranteed contracts, STOP GUARANTEEING THE GOTDAMN CONTRACTS !!

[Snake]

2 things should be reviewed by the NFL and 3 rules should be reviewd by the Refs.

NFL- Stupid kickoff rule cause no one likes to see the ball fly into the endzone almost every time.

NFL- Over celebration rule, Yes I understand you should not go crazy far but the NFL is about entertainment also and that should be allowed.

Oh and one more NFL thing.... Stop GODDELL from taxing players for crazy reasons!!!! Its stupid when a player lays down a good hit and also has to fork over his pay for doing so.

Refs- PI, Roughing the passer, and that stupid idea they came up with where "if you dont know throw the flag"! fuging stupid as the fining players crap.

[rainwater]

Id like to see them do away with with a lot of the "protect the player" type penalties. "Defenseless" receivers and "away from the play" hell even the ticky-tack roughing the passer crap.

With the lawsuits of former players with post-concussion syndromes, it will never happen.

[rayzor]

With the lawsuits of former players with post-concussion syndromes, it will never happen.

yeah, that's not going to change.

[rayzor]

Refs- PI, Roughing the passer, and that stupid idea they came up with where "if you dont know throw the flag"! fuging stupid as the fining players crap.

this is one of the reasons that penalties should be up for review. they are throwing the flag pretty indiscriminately as of late and they have been pretty clear that this is what they are doing and even stated this was the case in preparing for the year. "if in doubt, let it fly" has been the standard this year and it doesn't seem that will change.

[OneBadassCat]

Penalties, except holding calls should be reviewable. It's time to keep the refs from cheating teams out of games.

[Ruff]

Pass Interference should be spot of the foul up to 15 yards, and then anything after 15 yards, it should be result in a 15 yard penalty. I've seen too many games that a QB just heaves the ball 50 yards downfield to a receiver in the end-zone, and the result of the play is 1st and G from the 1.

Also, I think that post-play touchdown (or extra point) defensive penalties should be assessed after the kick-off and not on the kick-off, especially since the kick-offs result in Touchbacks now.

Example: A player commits a personal foul (Like Roman Harper hitting Smitty going into the end-zone), the kick-off is moved from the 35 to the 50. Well, most likely, the result of the play is going to be a touchback anyways, so there is no penalty. I would like to see the ball kicked-off from the 35, and then add the penalty.

So, if Roman Harper would've hit Smitty under this rule, Mare would've kicked-off, touchback, the ball would be put at the 5 (or the 10, depending on the half the distance to the goal line.)

[carolinarolls]

Pass Interference should be spot of the foul up to 15 yards, and then anything after 15 yards, it should be result in a 15 yard penalty. I've seen too many games that a QB just heaves the ball 50 yards downfield to a receiver in the end-zone, and the result of the play is 1st and G from the 1.

Also, I think that post-play touchdown (or extra point) defensive penalties should be assessed after the kick-off and not on the kick-off, especially since the kick-offs result in Touchbacks now.

Example: A player commits a personal foul (Like Roman Harper hitting Smitty going into the end-zone), the kick-off is moved from the 35 to the 50. Well, most likely, the result of the play is going to be a touchback anyways, so there is no penalty. I would like to see the ball kicked-off from the 35, and then add the penalty.

So, if Roman Harper would've hit Smitty under this rule, Mare would've kicked-off, touchback, the ball would be put at the 5 (or the 10, depending on the half the distance to the goal line.)

This makes sense to me and would likely eliminate some of these penalties. They eliminated tacking on distance on down and distance on offensive penalties (block in back, holding) during kick return and punt return by backing the ball up and then just going first and 10. They could do the same thing here so in your example, the aints would start off at the 5 and it would be 1st and ten instead of starting at the 20 and it being 1st and 25.

[rayzor]

Also, I think that post-play touchdown (or extra point) defensive penalties should be assessed after the kick-off and not on the kick-off, especially since the kick-offs result in Touchbacks now.

Example: A player commits a personal foul (Like Roman Harper hitting Smitty going into the end-zone), the kick-off is moved from the 35 to the 50. Well, most likely, the result of the play is going to be a touchback anyways, so there is no penalty. I would like to see the ball kicked-off from the 35, and then add the penalty.

So, if Roman Harper would've hit Smitty under this rule, Mare would've kicked-off, touchback, the ball would be put at the 5 (or the 10, depending on the half the distance to the goal line.)

This makes sense to me and would likely eliminate some of these penalties. They eliminated tacking on distance on down and distance on offensive penalties (block in back, holding) during kick return and punt return by backing the ball up and then just going first and 10. They could do the same thing here so in your example, the aints would start off at the 5 and it would be 1st and ten instead of starting at the 20 and it being 1st and 25.

agreed. moving the kickoff point the way they did made this penalty kind of pointless since the kickoff most likely is going to be a TB anyways. making it half the distance to the goal seems more appropriate.

right now it's just a penalty without much of a bite.

[rainwater]

Pass Interference should be spot of the foul up to 15 yards, and then anything after 15 yards, it should be result in a 15 yard penalty. I've seen too many games that a QB just heaves the ball 50 yards downfield to a receiver in the end-zone, and the result of the play is 1st and G from the 1.

No way. Then we go back to college rules where you just tackle a receiver when you know they have a touch down and their team isn't penalized like it should be.

[Ruff]

No way. Then we go back to college rules where you just tackle a receiver when you know they have a touch down and their team isn't penalized like it should be.

It's the lesser of two evils.

I'd rather see that then I would refs changing the game by giving the team a 50+ yard penalty.

[HeatCheck]

meh...you are taking it to an extreme. are you of the opinion that refs shouldn't be challenged and that coaches shouldn't be allowed that red flag?

there is no harm in being able to challenge penalty calls. it can't be any worse than the challenges that are already being allowed. i mean they already started making an automatic review of every TD. it's not like it made refs obsolete.

as long as they have challenges and time outs available i don't see how it makes it any worse for refs than what is there already. it just makes sense.

It's not extreme, if you are going to challenge penalties that are judgment calls you are taking away what the refs see. And, no, I don't mind challenges for catches, touchdowns, fumbles, etc. These aren't judgment calls, those are clearly stated in the rulebook (Although some people don't understand).

Oh and as far as the every TD is reviewed, it's that every touchdown has a chance to be reviewed. It doesn't mean they all are. That's why it's not slowing the game down.

But once when you start challenging judgment calls made in a split second on the field it takes away from the refs. Judgment calls, like I said, are sometimes borderline either way. So you are not going to be able to overturn those. That's why to doesn't make sense. How are you going to argue PI when there is nowhere in the rulebook that states how much contact is too much contact. I'd like to see an example that would make sense on a judgment penalty call made from the refs. They almost always correctly call illegal formation, false start, offsides, ones that occur before the play starts.

It will never happen, nor should it.

[HeatCheck]

The play shouldn't be blown dead until the ball carrier is down, in contact with the ground...

There have been plenty of times in the past (not just last night) when a fumble would have been a fumble if the runner wouldn't have been ruled down by way of forward progress... likewise, there are plenty of RBs (JStew comes to mind) that have the ability to come out of some pretty big pileups and remain on their feet, turning a seemingly stopped forward progression from a loss into a gain (once the pileup/tackle is broken)...

Yeah but by rule it's not a fumble. It's not because they blew the whistle for forward progress. It's the fact that forward progress was made. If a RB gains 5 yards and his forward progress is stopped, that's what happened first and that's where he is down. It doesn't matter if he falls backwards and the ball is stripped.

[Porn Shop Clerk]

i want to see the "break the plane" rule gone. 2 feet or 1 knee = only way to score a touchdown.

fug this fake ass invisible barrier bullshit