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Welcome to the part of the offseason where we try and find anything and everything to talk about until the NFL draft arrives.
Over the last week, we have seen and heard potential changes to the NFL rule book that some teams love and some teams hate.
Last year, we, of course, saw the move to the dynamic kickoff, as well as the league awarding a third challenge to a team following one successful challenge.
We also saw the hip-drop tackle “outlawed,” although it was more often fined after the fact than called on the field.
What rule changes could be coming down the line this year? Believe it or not, we got wind of some potential changes during the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine, but now, they have officially been submitted by teams and announced by the league.
First of all, the proposed changes have to be approved by 24 of the NFL’s 32 owners to go into effect, and those votes could take place at the NFL’s owners meeting later this month in Palm Beach, Florida.
smh, i have plenty in mind😒. https://t.co/rn0OliWbb4
— CeeDee Lamb (@_CeeDeeThree) March 26, 2025
Not only are they want to change some rules, such as the Tush Push, but they also took away the celebration from CeeDee Lamb.
Here’s a look at Rule 12, Section 3, Article 1(d) from the rules report (via Benjamin Solak).
The NFL has previously received push back for banning and/or penalizing certain celebrations, so much so that the league even eased up on some of their stricter celebration policies back in 2017.
Urban Dictionary notes, “The index finger slides horizontally under the nose in the path of the ops and ends with the thumbs down position. This gesture lets your team know you’re out for blood and to scare the ops away.”
Other things like banning the tush push has been brought up again, and regular season overtime rules.
The Eagles want the regular-season overtime rules to match what we have in the playoffs — where both teams get a chance to possess the ball. The proposal is stated this way.
A change to the playoff seeding has also been brought to the forefront.
Playoff seeding change, tush push ban among 2025 NFL club playing rules, bylaw, resolution proposalshttps://t.co/HH9stJnl6x pic.twitter.com/vBuycR1JEl
— Around The NFL (@AroundTheNFL) March 19, 2025
To amend the current playoff seeding format to allow wild-card teams to be seeded higher than division champions if the wild-card team has a better regular-season record. This one I agree with!!
The NFL is still tinkering with its kickoff rules after the so-called “dynamic kickoff” didn’t achieve the results the league expected during the 2024 regular season, and wig the best return in the entire leauge, of this gets change, Dallas and Turpin are going to benefit greatly.
The NFL is proposing the ball is set at the 35-yard line for touchback, a small yet impactful change. Keep...
