bighit65
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Post by bighit65 on Jun 8, 2023 19:09:38 GMT -6
Looking over the new NFL rules it says:
-To make handing the football forward a penalty like an illegal forward pass, proposed by the Competition Committee.
Rule change: This will penalize teams handing off the football forward on a read-option, for example, or any other running play a penalty. Handoffs will have to be made next to or behind the quarterback, not in front of.
Am I reading this right?
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Post by realdawg on Jun 8, 2023 20:00:13 GMT -6
I don’t know about banning read option. But sounds like power read or jet read could become illegal. But, not too many NFL teams run that play that I have seen.
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Post by echoofthewhistle on Jun 9, 2023 3:57:50 GMT -6
Just what the NFL needs another rule that up to the refs to interpret.
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Post by bobgoodman on Jun 9, 2023 18:29:29 GMT -6
Looking over the new NFL rules it says: -To make handing the football forward a penalty like an illegal forward pass, proposed by the Competition Committee. Rule change: This will penalize teams handing off the football forward on a read-option, for example, or any other running play a penalty. Handoffs will have to be made next to or behind the quarterback, not in front of. Am I reading this right? I can hardly believe the NFL would want to ban handing the ball forward. What problem are they seeing that that would address? What imbalance between offense and defense, or between running and passing? This is a rule that's existed in some form since before there was a NFL. |
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Post by bobgoodman on Jun 9, 2023 18:35:37 GMT -6
Just what the NFL needs another rule that up to the refs to interpret. And it really is a tough judgment. The NFL defines handing the ball forward differently from Fed and NCAA. In NFL rules whether a handoff is a forward pass depends on the direction of motion of the ball by the player handing it. |
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Post by carookie on Jun 9, 2023 19:38:49 GMT -6
What differentiates this from a pass? Does there have to be a split second where neither player is holding the ball?
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Post by macdiiddy on Jun 9, 2023 21:56:31 GMT -6
I tried a little googling, I may he missing something but I think they just cleaned up the language of an illegal forward hand off to mimick that of an illegal forward pass.
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Post by spreadattack on Jun 12, 2023 10:52:12 GMT -6
I tried a little googling, I may he missing something but I think they just cleaned up the language of an illegal forward hand off to mimick that of an illegal forward pass. Right - it's supposed to be situations when a forward pass would be illegal (i.e., a forward handoff downfield, or a QB getting sacked who hands it to an ineligible player, like an offensive lineman). Of course, we'll see how it is actually interpreted in games! |
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