NFL: Proposed Rule Changes For 2013

[RFlagg]

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Here's what we've got:

• Elimination of the "Tuck Rule".
• If a coach challenges a reviewable play, the play will still be reviewed (BTW, does it irk anyone else that this is being called the "Jim Schwartz Rule" when Mike Smith was hit by it a week earlier?).
• Incomplete pass is reviewable through a fumble. In other words if a pass is ruled incomplete, it can be reviewed to see if it was actually a fumble.
• Long snappers on field goals and extra points will become defenseless players.
• Ban on "Peel-Back Blocks". Think the Cushing injury last season.
• Ban on striking players with the crown of the helmet outside the tackle box. This would apply to both defensive and offensive players, so quite a few running backs will have to change their style.
  

Not bad, quite a few that I think were necessary. I'll tell you, I think the two biggest ones are the ban on peel-back blocks and running backs no longer being able to lead with their helmets.

[papachaz]

So the tuck rule would just become a fumble now? What it actually was anyway, that was one dumb damn rule. Wish they would have created an anti shiano rule to protect the offenses in the victory formation

[AUTiger7222]

I hope all of those rule changes get passed.