Gas2No99 Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 NFL bans leaping block attempts on field goals, extra points Kevin SeifertNFL Nation PHOENIX -- NFL owners formally banned players from leaping over the line of scrimmage to block kicks and approved a plan to centralize replay review decisions to the league office, highlighting a flurry of votes Tuesday at their annual meetings. The league's competition committee joined players in expressing concerns about the safety risks of the leaping strategy that proliferated last season. Although it didn't happen in 2016, they feared a player could be flipped in the air by blockers as they rose from their stances and land awkwardly. The strategy will be expressly barred in the 2017 NFL rule book. During a game against the Cardinals, Seahawks linebacker Bobby Wagner (54) jumped over the line of scrimmage and blocked Chandler Catanzaro's field goal attempt. Mark J. Rebilas/USA TODAY Sports The final say for replay decisions will rest with senior vice president of officiating Dean Blandino or a member of his supervisory staff, all of whom watch games from a command center in New York. Referees will follow the conversation on a video tablet rather than using a sideline "hood" -- a move that, in reality, is a formalization of the process the league has used since the command center was established to aid referees in 2014. Owners completed the on-field portion of these meetings at midday Tuesday by clearing their list of playing proposals. A bid to shorten overtime from 15 to 10 minutes was tabled. Owners rejected a proposal by the Washington Redskins to place touchbacks at the 20-yard line if the ball went through the uprights after kickoffs. Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin, a member of the competition committee, said he thought the idea was "gimmicky." In other business Tuesday, the NFL: • Approved a rule prohibiting teams from committing multiple fouls on the same play in an effort to manipulate the game clock, thwarting a strategy used last season by both the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens. • Made permanent a rule to automatically eject players from games after they commit two of a certain type of unsportsmanlike conduct penalties. • Approved for one more season the experiment to put touchbacks at the 25-yard line after kickoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerfish Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Every... single..... year the league has to institute a new rule due to the pats, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewilly12 Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 BB will find another way................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost420 Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Also adding a targeting rule like college Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thshadow Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 I always thought that any time someone tries to leap the line, screw the snap count, the lineman should just raise up and place helmet in groin. Worth a 5 yard penalty to prevent anyone from trying that ever again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 6 hours ago, Beerfish said: Every... single..... year the league has to institute a new rule due to the pats, Seahawks definitely did it before the Patriots did, both earlier and more often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawn306 Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Just another dumb rule Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJoTownsell1 Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Good rule. Being able to leap above a long snapper is a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chirorob Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 17 hours ago, Beerfish said: Every... single..... year the league has to institute a new rule due to the pats, Seahawks did it first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Mostro Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 What's going to get banned next? Running really fast? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebuzzardman Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 They should just award the extra points and gift teams FG's once they get to 4th down on the 25 yard line on in, if they decide not to "got for it" They should get rid of kickoffs all together too, since they are 90% a formality. Can punts be far behind? Imagine trying to explain the NFL kickoff to someone from another land, who has never seen the game, and that's when you realize the rules around it have made it absurd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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