Revenge of the Birds
Do you approve of the changes?
While the NFL owners’ and players’ talks about banishing the Tush Push and for playoffs re-seeding by best records have been tabled for now, there are a few new rule wrinkles that have been agree to:
The BIG TWO:
I am delighted to see both of these amendments. How about you? It’s all about being. fair.
Will 5 yards on a kickoff touchback make a profound difference?
Kickoff touchbacks will now come out to the 35-yard line: (well explained by Kevin Seifert), but no amendments of the on-side kick rule have been agreed to.
Zoom Zoom Zoom!
53-Man Roster Decision Day Amendment (per The Athletic via the New York Times) —- teams can now place two players “designated to return” on the IR
How this year’s NFL roster cutdown is different than years past - The Athletic (nytimes.com)
Here’s everything you need to know about cutdown day:
Like every year, teams will need to trim their rosters to 53 men, either by trading, waiving, releasing or placing players on the PUP, NFI or injured reserve lists by 4 p.m. ET.
A new NFL rule will eliminate some of the roster manipulation around the NFL on cut day (Tuesday). In the past, if a team wanted to put a player on injured reserve and keep the option open for a return during the season, he had to make the initial 53-man roster and then get moved to IR the next day.
That forced teams to cut one player and then re-sign him the next day after the IR shift.
Under the new rule, teams can put two players on IR on cut day and designate them to return. So the teams won’t need to go through the step of carrying the player on the 53-man roster for a day before shifting them to IR.
The catch is those two players will count toward the limit of eight players who can return from IR during the season. If a top player is injured and going to miss at least the first four games, it would make sense to take advantage of the new rule.
But teams may still favor the old method with players further down the depth chart. That way they can move the player to IR for the first four weeks the day after cuts and not be locked into using one of the return spots on that player.
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Very happy about this amendment to end the roister 1-day runaround!
Full List Rules and Bylaws Adopted and/or Tabled:
Not gonna happen...at least for now:
Apparently 16 owners voted to ban the Tush Push —- but they need 2/3rds majority to pass it.
I think they should ban it because the risk for injury is too high. Do you agree?
Christmas Weekend schedule update:
Yeah, BK! But your wife will always save you in the end! It’s a Wonderful Life!
