We do it every year.
I’m not here to tell you the NFL isn’t rigged against your favorite team.
They just respond to issues after the fact when shit looks bad.
Let’s touch on a few of the bigger changes.
Forward handoffs are now illegal
Starting with the sandwich approach to feedback here with a positive.
I’m actually OK with this because RPO is such a college/high school play call.
This is the NFL.
Maybe I don’t know ball.
But I’m not deleting the section.
Not because it turns out it’s not true.
It makes zero sense to do this for unconverted 4th downs but not converted ones.
The best part is there’s no qualifier for how close a failed 4th down needs to be.
So by rule, all unconverted 4th downs must go to booth review.
Imagine being Kerry Collins in the play below.
It’s 4th and 10.
Let’s see how this goes.
Referee running to stop Kerry Collins from walking off the field:“Whoa whoa there!
Hang on just a minute - don’t give up yet we still have to review it!”
Fair Catch In Field Of Play On Kickoffs
Kickoffs are dying the death of a thousand paper cuts.
I see what the NFL is doing here.
This is the frog in a boiling pot routine.
Fans would be in an uproar.
I think the case can be made that us fans are addicted to the kickoff.
It’s the first play of every game that gets us high right from the start.
The crowd is roaring.
The ball is flipping 100 ft in the air.
May as well be a schedule III drug.
At that point the NFL gets to be hero and “listen to our feedback”.
I give it 5-10 years tops before we are forcibly brought to sobriety from kickoffs.
Players can now wear #0 including kickers and punters
A few notes here.
I think they just wanted to get the heat off all the tush push talk.
Worked like a charm too.
I read some 22 players are going with the new number 0.
Calvin Ridley should be suspended from the league (again) for wearing #0.
What’s wrong with #80 Calvin?
There’s a decorum.
What are we doing here?
If I’m a coach I’m immediately challenging the first two tackles made by the other team.
We’re basically saying you’re free to’t run while making a tackle.
Don’t even attempt to get away with it.
Grab them by the jersey and pancake them to the ground.
Say there’s 30 seconds left and your opponent has the ball at your 25.
Why risk giving up a touchdown on a deep route?
That’s just one example but you get the idea.
Basically what I’m trying to say is I’m smarter than Bill Belichick.
Consider that the other piece of bread on the sandwich approach.
