What's One NFL Rule That Needs To Be Changed?
 

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It's the spot foul pass interference for me. I've seen sooo many teams get bailed out of bad field position on this rule.

Flag em 15 yards and let's geaux.

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Totally agree. This.

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Wouldn't mind seeing pick plays allowed. They are in the NBA, so why not the NFL. I know teams mask doing it anyway and sometimes get caught.

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Overtime - use the college rules!

Honorable mention goes to "fumble into the endzone out of bounds becomes a touchback" rule.

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Roughing the QB. Seen Brady and Rodgers brushed along the helmet with a pinky and a PF automatic first called. Why the hell have a helmet if you can’t hit it ?

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If I could change one rule it would be this for sure.

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DPI, a spot foul, isn’t an automatic first down though, like defensive holding would be. 4th and 20 nets only 15 yards, but not a first down, and is still counted as a played down, resulting in a turnover on downs. Allowing the offense the penalty yards AND an extra down would be too heavy handed a rule, iyam. If I were a defensive minded coach…, I would abuse the snot out of that rule. Cornerbacks would be given free reign to maul speedy WR’s on shot plays. And any 4th down play would instantly be nothing more than than tackle all Receivers after 5 yards from scrimmage line. I would teach my players to literally tackle the receivers after five yards into their route, eliminating the automatic first down from a defensive holding penalty, on all 4th down plays. Taking the penalty, AND effectively receiving the ball back due to a turnover on downs.

Your sol’n would require a change in the entire process of receivers being held or interfered with. A complete overhaul of that section of the rule book. One that, in all truthiness, may be needed. Is my logic on DPI and Defensive Holding rules faulty?

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I like the idea of a five yard penalty and repeat the down. Too may teams throw it deep with their only hope being an interference call and receiving a "free" first down. I also agree that the roughing the passer rule needs to be changed. The referees protect the high profile QB's too much to the point of being preferential treatment. We do need to protect the QB's because the game flows through them but it has gotten so bad that the defense is ham strung and it's no longer viewed by spectators as being fair unless they are talking about their QB. It's obvious that the Brady's and Manning's are going to have the call always go in their favor unlike the lesser known QB's.

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I've always hated that you can be a little physical covering a receiver as long as you turn and try to make a play on the ball, but you if you don't turn it automatically means PI.

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As long as you you don't interfere with the receiver running his route or if he holds you to stop the catch then that's not fair play. Otherwise, I say let them play. Oh yes, maybe they should watch the five yard jamming the receiver rule a kittle closer. I've seen them take it 10 yards and not get called. Or if they did get a flag everyone was complaining that it was subjective and not pertinent to the play.

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This is not exactly a rule but i have always felt that receivers who deflect or bobble a catchable pass to defenders should have the INT count on their stats not the QBs. A bobbled catch int is exactly like a fielding error in baseball, yet it counts against the ‘ pitcher’ who has no control of it.

Also i would have a rule that any fumble following helmet to helmet contact is a dead ball even if the runner lowers his helmet. Donte Whitner forcing the fumble on Pierre Thomas by concussing him was a disaster for player safety that made CTE the defensive MVP and if we continue to allow concussions as a turnover strategy its only a matter of time until we pull a corpse from the bottom of a pile while defenders celebrate.