Posts Tagged ‘NFL rules’
NFL helmet rule enforcement unclear for players, coaches
Visceral blowback to the NFL’s updated rule that players can’t lead with their helmets to make contact is straight out of tough-guy football 101. Hard-hitting defensive backs say the league…
Read MoreNFL eliminating "running starts" at kickoffs
Instead of eliminating kickoffs, the NFL looks to be changing the rules beginning in 2018. The league will likely eliminate running starts for the kicking team, along with only allowing…
Read MoreNFL to prohibit use of certain helmets for 1st time
NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL for the first time is prohibiting certain helmets from being worn by players. In notifying the 32 teams Monday, the league has sought to…
Read MoreNFL owners approve simplified catch language
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Maybe it’s too late for Jesse James and the Steelers or Zach Miller and the Bears. No matter, the NFL has a simplified catch rule designed…
Read MoreNFL weighing changes to catch rule
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — That’s a catch. Mention the names Calvin Johnson, Dez Bryant, Zach Miller and Jesse James , and what looked, sounded and felt like a catch wasn’t…
Read MoreGoodell wants league to look deeply into catch rule
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Roger Goodell wants to see the mystery of the NFL’s catch rule solved, and he’s ensured that the process has begun. The commissioner said at his annual…
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