What rule changes would you like to see in 07?

The exessive celebration rule...........
I want Ball signings and Coreographed Dances and cellphone calls form the enzone, fine them if you have to but to me thats entertainment

They definitely need to ease up on the roughing the passer calls, but I wish they would remove that defenseless receiver rule, too. I used to love seeing guys get laid out when they had put a hand on the football. That doesn't mean I'm saying the McCrary hit on Houshmanzedeh should have been legal, but when a guy puts his paw on the football, a safety should be able to take his head off. You don't wanna get hit, don't go over the middle. And for QB's, if they make it any softer, they'll have to wear red jerseys in games!

The exessive celebration rule...........
I want Ball signings and Coreographed Dances and cellphone calls form the enzone, fine them if you have to but to me thats entertainment

Forgot about that too. And let them celebrate as a team again.

1) Roughing the Passer - needs to be re-evaluated. Its gotten to the point where you cannot hit the quarterback but in the waist. That's rediculous. He is a football player and subject to the same rules as a football player. If you can't hit him, put a red jersey on him and make him completely off limits.
2) Pass Interference - every receiver in the NFL at the end of an incompletion does a flag throwing jester and too many times the referees throws a flag. Defense backs can't touch a receiver but a receiver can push off, run up a defenders back and pick a defender off without penalty. Even worse, sometimes they will call a penalty on the defender on a pick play or when the receiver runs up his back.

3) Touchdown Celebrations - restricting touchdown celebrations to an individual is plain stupid. Football is a team game and a spontaneous team celebration should be encouraged not some individual self-promoting end zone dance. I agree with the ban on use of props but not allowing team celebrations is dumb.

3) Touchdown Celebrations - restricting touchdown celebrations to an individual is plain stupid. Football is a team game and a spontaneous team celebration should be encouraged not some individual self-promoting end zone dance. I agree with the ban on use of props but not allowing team celebrations is dumb.

I actually feel any celebration should be a team celebration, no individual celebration.

1. Loosen the roughing the passer rule or make it more extreme. You can only hit the QB if he is outside the tackle box but he has to release the ball within 3 seconds of the snap or it's a 5 yd penalty. Is that ridiculous, of course it is, but so are some of the calls they make.

2. Make pass interference like a face mask.. 5 yds for incidental contact, 15 for intentionally impeding or grabbing a receiver..

3. Expand the game day rosters to 58 players..

4. Bring back the celebrations!

I would like to see replay abolished. The refs rely on it too much. It seems like they make more bad calls now, than before.

As for the QB issue, I think the rules about protecting them are necessary. Here's why:
The QB has to stand still (mostly), and look down-field. He's basically a sitting duck. So, should it be legal to just clothesline him right in the neck, while he's looking away from you -- totally exposed? Or how about slamming your helmet into his? Or how about tackling him at the knees -- why can't you just break his legs?

Basically, if you want to have passing -- and QB's available to complete the passes -- then you have to protect the QB. Which means that you have to tackle him at the torso -- not the head, not the knees -- the body (how tackling is supposed to be performed).

The celebration rules suck too. What's the problem with celebrating? So dumb.

1. Get rid of the BS roughing the passer.
2. Get rid of any "look at me" celebrations (not just in the endzone but after a first down, big tackle, interception, whatever...)
3. Decide upon a way in which to interpret the "illegal motion" penalty so that the skins aren't screwed at least 3 times per season for shifting formations.
4. Expand the 5 yard bump zone in pass coverage to 15 yards and stop calling pass interference on incidental contact/hand checking.
5. Ban any announcer for more than 5 consecutive minutes of "Star" blowing, especially in the case of Brett Favre, Tony Romo, T.O. and Joey Porter. (ok, this isn't really a in game issue but it still should be eliminated...)

I would like to see replay abolished. The refs rely on it too much. It seems like they make more bad calls now, than before.

As for the QB issue, I think the rules about protecting them are necessary. Here's why:
The QB has to stand still (mostly), and look down-field. He's basically a sitting duck. So, should it be legal to just clothesline him right in the neck, while he's looking away from you -- totally exposed? Or how about slamming your helmet into his? Or how about tackling him at the knees -- why can't you just break his legs?

Basically, if you want to have passing -- and QB's available to complete the passes -- then you have to protect the QB. Which means that you have to tackle him at the torso -- not the head, not the knees -- the body (how tackling is supposed to be performed).

The celebration rules suck too. What's the problem with celebrating? So dumb.

I agree whole heartedly with you on the QB. A lot of these QBs are oblivious to wahts goin' on around them and can get pasted and not even know who or what hit'em.