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Kevin Seifert, ESPN Staff WriterMar 13, 2024, 09:15 PM ET
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- Kevin Seifert is a personnel author who covers the Minnesota Vikings and the NFL at ESPN. Kevin has actually covered the NFL for over 20 years, signing up with ESPN in 2008. He was formerly a beat press reporter for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and Washington Times. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia. You can follow him through Twitter @ SeifertESPN.
NFL groups have actually restored a series of consistent ask for guideline modifications for the 2024 season, consisting of an option to the onside kick and another quote to broaden the scope of instantaneous replay.
The league launched on Wednesday all guideline, law and resolution propositions that have actually been sent by groups in advance of its yearly conferences later on this month in Orlando, Florida. The majority of propositions were small, and the league’s most important guideline problems– consisting of a revamped kickoff and a possible restriction on hip-drop takes on– would be dealt with by submissions from the competitors committee. Those propositions are anticipated to be launched next week. Any guideline modification requires approval of 24 owners to be enacted.
The most significant club proposition originated from the Philadelphia Eagles, who have actually promoted an onside kick option that would allow a group to keep ownership after a rating if it transforms a fourth-and-20 offending play from its own 20-yard line. Standard onside kicks have actually grown even more hard to recuperate with time as the NFL has actually tightened up guidelines for kickoff protection and returns. In 2023, groups recuperated just 2 of 41 onside kick efforts.
The Indianapolis Colts proposed permitting coaches to challenge any nasty that has actually been called on the field, in addition to the existing menu of plays they are qualified to challenge. The NFL has actually generally kept away from difficult subjective choices, and there has actually been just one season in its history when any nasty– not to mention all of them– belonged to replay evaluation. That can be found in 2019, when pass disturbance was contributed to the list for a 1 year experiment that was not restored by owners in 2020.
In other propositions:
– The Detroit Lions sent a guideline modification that would enable coaches to get a 3rd obstacle if among their very first 2 obstacles achieves success, instead of if both are.
– The Buffalo Bills desire the NFL to permit practice team quarterbacks to be qualified to function as the emergency situation 3rd quarterback on video game days. The existing guideline needs that the 3rd quarterback become part of the 53-man lineup.
– The Pittsburgh Steelers proposed moving the trade due date back one week, to after Week 9 video games. In a different proposition, 6 other groups recommended moving it back till after Week 10 video games.
– The Jacksonville Jaguars would like the NFL to offer the raw “Hawk-Eye” replay feed in the coaches cubicle,