Formerly Allan in MD Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 For once it's not the Bills looking for a change in punters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalftimeAdjustment Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 If the refs are calling too many penalties, change the rule book. We don't need TOO many penalties especially nitpicky ones. Don't change the play. However, if the issue is players unable to follow the rules, then increase the penalty and that will make teams pay attention. "Illegal block in the back; the kicking team will retain possession, automatic first down". "Offside, kicking team; by rule, 15 yards will be added to the end of the return." That will cut down on the penalties and we'll see more players getting cut for them, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 46 minutes ago, reddogblitz said: In order to promote more offense and scoring, just dump the KO and after a score, the opposing team gets the football on their own 40. Why not just do this instead of the charade of a KO with the end result being a touch back most of the time? CFL team scored on has the option of 1 taking it at their own 35 2 scoring teams kicks off 3 team scored on can kick off, rare but an option and the returner has the right and duty to return, no fair catches, but must be given room to make the catch and run simple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddogblitz Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 48 minutes ago, Misterbluesky said: No. Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah John Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 Part of the problem is that the only guys who make it onto an NFL team were the stars of their college team (well, nearly always) and those stars didn't learn how to play STs in college. They were too valuable to risk injury. So they show up at an NFL camp and they're suddenly at the bottom of the roster, assuming they make the team, and now they're out there trying to figure out how to block legally or tackle people. Players like Lorax are the exception. It used to be common for a team to keep a player or two on the roster because they were great at covering kicks, even if they weren't all that great at their designated position (remember Mark Pike, who used to make more tackles than Steve Tasker when they were both playing). The Bills had a WR who was great on STs but not at receiving until a couple of years ago. I don't see that happening much anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LABILLBACKER Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 4 hours ago, MAJBobby said: https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2018/12/04/nfl-considering-changes-to-punt-plays/ I got an idea. You want to eliminate penalties then change the rule book not the game. Ooo and also start firing referees for cause when they continue to SUCK game in and game out. Doesn't the NFL find it odd that Hercules Jr's crew has double the amount of penalties/game than any other crew. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Barbarian Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 Good lets eliminate punting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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