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According to TIME, Goodell recently discussed with Rick McKay, Falcons president and head of the NFL’s competition committee, a radical rule change proposed by Tampa Bay coach Greg Schiano. Instead of a kickoff, the team that scored would then take the ball on its own 30-yard line in, essentially, a 4th-and-15 situation. In other words, they could attempt to keep their offense on the field and try to pick up 15 yards, at the risk of turning the ball over on downs; or they could punt.
Goodell is walking a very fine line between the noble cause of making football safer for the players and bastardizing the very game itself.
joopen wrote:No more kickoffs... According to Mort on some radio stations this is almost 100% likely.
http://nfl.si.com/2012/12/06/roger-goodell-opens-up-on-letting-the-chiefs-play-possible-rule-changes/?sct=hp_t2_a2&eref=sihp
Ummm... What the heck is this man doing?According to TIME, Goodell recently discussed with Rick McKay, Falcons president and head of the NFL’s competition committee, a radical rule change proposed by Tampa Bay coach Greg Schiano. Instead of a kickoff, the team that scored would then take the ball on its own 30-yard line in, essentially, a 4th-and-15 situation. In other words, they could attempt to keep their offense on the field and try to pick up 15 yards, at the risk of turning the ball over on downs; or they could punt.
This is the best sentence in the article.Goodell is walking a very fine line between the noble cause of making football safer for the players and bastardizing the very game itself.
joopen wrote:No more kickoffs... According to Mort on some radio stations this is almost 100% likely.
http://nfl.si.com/2012/12/06/roger-goodell-opens-up-on-letting-the-chiefs-play-possible-rule-changes/?sct=hp_t2_a2&eref=sihp
Ummm... What the heck is this man doing?According to TIME, Goodell recently discussed with Rick McKay, Falcons president and head of the NFL’s competition committee, a radical rule change proposed by Tampa Bay coach Greg Schiano. Instead of a kickoff, the team that scored would then take the ball on its own 30-yard line in, essentially, a 4th-and-15 situation. In other words, they could attempt to keep their offense on the field and try to pick up 15 yards, at the risk of turning the ball over on downs; or they could punt.
This is the best sentence in the article.Goodell is walking a very fine line between the noble cause of making football safer for the players and bastardizing the very game itself.
JS© wrote:joopen wrote:No more kickoffs... According to Mort on some radio stations this is almost 100% likely.
http://nfl.si.com/2012/12/06/roger-goodell-opens-up-on-letting-the-chiefs-play-possible-rule-changes/?sct=hp_t2_a2&eref=sihp
Ummm... What the heck is this man doing?According to TIME, Goodell recently discussed with Rick McKay, Falcons president and head of the NFL’s competition committee, a radical rule change proposed by Tampa Bay coach Greg Schiano. Instead of a kickoff, the team that scored would then take the ball on its own 30-yard line in, essentially, a 4th-and-15 situation. In other words, they could attempt to keep their offense on the field and try to pick up 15 yards, at the risk of turning the ball over on downs; or they could punt.
This is the best sentence in the article.Goodell is walking a very fine line between the noble cause of making football safer for the players and bastardizing the very game itself.
Doesn't have to go through the owners first or at least through the competition committee? There's no way this passes....is there?
shafnutz05 wrote:This is going to place run-and-grind offenses, or teams that are built to operate that way, at a MASSIVE disadvantage. Horribly thought out rule, since when did Greg Schiano become the Oracle of Football?
MWB wrote:shafnutz05 wrote:This is going to place run-and-grind offenses, or teams that are built to operate that way, at a MASSIVE disadvantage. Horribly thought out rule, since when did Greg Schiano become the Oracle of Football?
I think the idea is very intriguing, but I agree it gives some teams an advantage. Teams like the Patriots, Saints, and maybe the Lions would be in a better position to pick up 15 and retain possession. Heck, even the Redskins with RG3 would be in better position than run-oriented offenses.
That said, I couldn't care less about having the kickoff removed from the game. I'm not a die-hard football fan, so maybe I'm missing some implications, but the kickoffs don't hold that much interest to me.
Rylan wrote:Its a 4th and 15 I thought and you can either go for it or punt if what I think I read is correct.
joopen wrote:No more kickoffs... According to Mort on some radio stations this is almost 100% likely.
http://nfl.si.com/2012/12/06/roger-goodell-opens-up-on-letting-the-chiefs-play-possible-rule-changes/?sct=hp_t2_a2&eref=sihp
Ummm... What the heck is this man doing?According to TIME, Goodell recently discussed with Rick McKay, Falcons president and head of the NFL’s competition committee, a radical rule change proposed by Tampa Bay coach Greg Schiano. Instead of a kickoff, the team that scored would then take the ball on its own 30-yard line in, essentially, a 4th-and-15 situation. In other words, they could attempt to keep their offense on the field and try to pick up 15 yards, at the risk of turning the ball over on downs; or they could punt.
This is the best sentence in the article.Goodell is walking a very fine line between the noble cause of making football safer for the players and bastardizing the very game itself.
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