1. Understandable. 2. Absolutely stupid. How does this affect player safety? And if it really affect player safety that much, why not just prohibit Defensive players to line up over center during normal situations as well? 3. ...Meh... did this really need changing? 4. I like this rule change. 5. Run off ten seconds? Are you serious? Isn't that sort of penalizing the offense for a ref's screw up? 6. So no more forcing incompletions? What the heck? 7. I guess.... 8. Only the playoffs? Would it not be better to do it during the regular season as well to, you know, give players a season to actually get acclimated with the rule change? 9. Meh....
Do you watch punts? The LS has his head completely down and is completely susceptible to any and all hits that come his way. A traditional center is looking around, head up, and ready to block the people lined up across from him.
6. Officials will call more 15 yard penalties for spearing or launching at a defenseless player. Defenseless players are players who: Just threw a pass; attempt to catch a pass; are in the grasp; attempting a kick; on the ground at the end of the play (player safety). Well that's what's been happening the last few years. They're just saying they plan to emphasize it even more. It's just another example of the rules (or rather the rule interpretations) favoring the offense, specifically passing offense. That's why I 'm so glad we added Marshall. Teams with true #1 WRs are given a huge advantage on every offensive play. It's foolish not to try and make your team one of those that is receiving the advantage.
did anyone notice that rules 4,5,6, and possibly others happened to us during the season?! (this is if i am remembering correctly) 4...I remember Bess dropping a ball after he called for the fair catch and it was a turnover in one of the earlier games...5. the saints game before the half on the goal line catch play...and 6. Hartline during the titans game.
10. dresses will be put on every quarterback in the AFC East not named Chad or Tyler. (clarification of sexuality)
Actually rule 10 is Tom Brady can now call his own penalties so he doesn't have to conference with the refs first, as conferencing suggests the golden boy may not be right.
Yes but think how Belicheat is going to use this now. I meant ripe for abuse in the way that some coaches/players will intentionally abuse this to run time off the clock.
Replays within two minutes of each half come from the booth above, not the coaches. No coach is going to be able to throw the flag on any play within those time frames in hope of turning something over and running time. The refs would have to generate the replay and execute from there.
Number 1 I really think is a great idea ! I always cringe when a running back keeps churning the legs after helmet loss. But what happens on 3rd and 4th down? If they need 9 yards im gonna pop the helmet off after 5 (which would create head hunting). Im sure they have roughness penalties but is that enough? Im sure im over thinking here I hope. Whats the thoughts can this be exploited?
What if the ball bounces off the receivers face mask and/or pads and bounces up in the air? Is that considered a muff? And if the punting team catches it it's not their ball? If I didn't know about this rule change, I'd be confused if that happened in a real game...makes no sense...receiver mistake, great play by punting team, award ball to receiving team?
I fail to see how. The head coaches cannot throw a challenge flag in the final 2 minutes. It's all booth review.
FasanoPaisono, your scenario would only be relevant to a fair catch call. When a returner calls fair catch they have every right to the ball (exclusively) until it touches the ground, so if the kicking team caught a muffed fair catch it wouldn't be a great play.
