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What rules changes should they adopt?
The NFL owners are meeting today and tomorrow. There are some proposed rule changes that they will be voting on. What rule change would you like to see instituted?
I think they should review face mask and pass interference calls always. Perhaps the signal would first have to come from “upstairs”? Then, the ref can go check it out real quick.
Playoff format could be changing
The NFL revealed the details of this proposal on Monday night. Under the proposed rule, seven teams in each conference will make the playoffs with four division champions and three wild-card teams. However, the big change is that the teams will be seeded by who has the best record. Under this proposal, a wild-card team could be seeded ahead of a division winner if the wild-card team has a better record. This means there’s a chance that division winners could be playing road games in the wild-card round, which isn’t possible under the current format. If this proposal would have been in place in 2024, the playoffs would have looked much different, especially in the NFC, where five of the seven teams would have been a different seed than what they ended up being under the current format.
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Tush push could be banned
The NFL owners decided not to vote on this in March, because the language in the rule proposal wasn’t clear, but now, the proposal has been slightly tweaked and it seems that there’s at least a chance that this could pass. Since the NFL’s inception in 1920 through 2005, the league had a rule in place that banned players from pushing or pulling a runner in any direction and that’s essentially what his new proposal calls for. The rule specifically states that no teammate can “push or pull a runner in any direction at any time or lift him to his feet.” Teammates can no longer assist a runner except by “individually blocking opponents for him.”
Onside kick might be tweaked
NFL players will likely be allowed to participate in 2028 Olympics
The next organized team activities.
OTAs: May 27-28, May 30, June 2-3, June 5, June 16-18
Mandatory Minicamp: June 10-12
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PFF Quarterback Rankings: All 32 starters ahead of the 2025 NFL season
Tier 4: Young players with a wide range of potential outcomes
21. J.J. McCarthy, Minnesota Vikings
*I’m leaning on my personal evaluation here, as I had McCarthy as the top quarterback in the 2024 NFL Draft. We didn’t get to see him as a rookie, but his 2023 season at Michigan — where he earned a 92.2 PFF grade and a 93.4 passing grade — highlighted everything you want in a young passer. If he’s fully healthy in 2025, and considering what Sam Darnold managed in this offense, McCarthy is set up to...
