Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The new kickoff rule reduces the high-speed collisions between players who are running at full speed from their own 35-yard line. The NFL has said concussions on kickoffs were happening at about ...
NFL trade deadline will be one week later. Instead of a Week 8 trade deadline, the date has been moved back to Week 9. The change was proposed by the Pittsburgh Steelers. Coaches get a third challenge
NFL Competition Committee chairman Rich McKay said the new rule passed by a 29-3 to vote. “There was a little fear of the unknown,” McKay said. “I think the optics are definitely the most ...
The other big rule change was the ban on a dangerous type of tackle called the “swivel hip drop.” NFL executive Jeff Miller said the tackle was used 230 times last season and resulted in 15 players missing time with injuries. It will now result in a 15-yard personal foul penalty if officials spot it on the field, or fines the following week.
ORLANDO – By a 29-3 vote, NFL owners approved major changes to kickoff rules for the 2024 season, adopting a version of the play the XFL had used in recent years. Under the new rules, the kicker ...
The NFL has implemented a new kickoff rule for the 2024 season. ... Rule changes were made to reduce the amount of space and speed on kickoffs to make them more like a regular play from scrimmage ...
The NFL will have a new look this year when it comes to kickoffs. Owners voted this spring to overhaul the kickoff, hoping to revive a play that had little action last season after most kicks ...
The rule is named after Dan Rooney, the former owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers and former chairman of the league's diversity committee. [7]It was created as a reaction to the 2002 firings of head coaches Tony Dungy of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Dennis Green of the Minnesota Vikings, at a time when Dungy had a winning record and Green had just had his first losing season in ten years.