Rule Changes: NFL At It Again

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Rule Changes: NFL At It Again
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This past week the NFL has made some rule changes and additions. Let's take a look at a few of them.



Could we not have saved trouble by just telling the officials to not rule a ball out of bounds unless they had actually seen it go out of bounds? I think this is more or less a "common sense" rule on the referees part.



I'm not so sure about this one. This stems mainly from the 2008 playoff incident where the San Diego Chargers (8-8) beat out the Indianapolis Colts (12-4) and made it farther into the playoffs. 

Obviously with the previous draft order the Colts would have picked farther down the line than the Chargers. Now, this order will be determined by how well a team does in the playoffs. 

How exactly does this help? I don't feel that it does. It's an "any given Sunday" scenario. It just depends on who is better prepared, better coached, and who makes the fewest mistakes during that particular game. For Indianapolis it just so happened that San Diego had the right mix of winning components. 



We need our head and necks, they're rather important wouldn't you think? I think we can file this one under "common sense."



I thought this was already a rule, or maybe I was just using "common sense" when it came to seeing those hits. Regardless, this should be heavily enforced and I look for that to happen in the upcoming season.



Also known as the "Brady rule" due in large part to Kansas City Chiefs player Bernard Pollard's season ending injury on New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady.

At the time, the hit on Brady was legal and now it isn't. 

I have a problem with this rule, being a Chiefs fan has nothing to do with it. My problem is that it gets its "nickname" due to the Brady hit. There have been other quarterbacks who have sustained hits like this and Tom Brady I'm sure will not be the last.

Now if they want to sack a quarterback, they just have to do it standing up. 

I know the NFL is just trying to make the game safer for all involved, but sometimes it just seems as if they're taking all of the fun out of watching football.

I love the [legal] hits, a good solid defense, and an overall great game. I never want to see any player, no matter what team they play for, carted off the field or having to retire, as Priest Holmes did, due to a hit sustained on a football field. 

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