Rule changes that passed

[Redskin]

Originally Posted by lwiedy

Couple things, the changing the force out rule without giving some “compensation” to the receiver (how about one foot in bounds, a la NCAA) will hurt receivers. What about if a DB was able to carry a receiver coming down out of bounds? The wording implies that that would be ok and that would be stupid.

On the facemask penalty, where was the outcry for this? Does this mean that ALL grabbing the mask is 15 yards or only the more egregious? This will be far more difficult for officials since there is an all or nothing element to something that if they weren’t quite sure there would be at least some penalty.

They just can’t keep from screwing around with things that aren’t broken, IMO.

The facemask clearly says twisting and grabbing. I like this rule becuase offense wont get lucky breaks becuase a tackler accidently put a hand on the mask.

[lwiedy]

Originally Posted by Redskin

The facemask clearly says twisting and grabbing. I like this rule becuase offense wont get lucky breaks becuase a tackler accidently put a hand on the mask.

When is it NOT done accidently? This is not one of those ancient rules that finally the league is catching up with, the rule originally was 15 yards only and they added the 5 maybe 25 years ago.

There will have to be some that used to get fives that will be upped to 15 (which will be an automatic 1st down) and if that happens in a critical situation, just wait for the outcry. Or an official will swallow the whistle because he's not sure and miss the call entirely.

The point is, with replay (which this is not reviewable) there are going to be increased second guessing BOTH ways whereas before, there was an option when the evidence is not quite clear.