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Modifications are coming to the NFL rule book. As all 32 team owners ascended upon Phoenix this week for their annual league meeting, they were tasked with reviewing the proposed rule, bylaw and ...
The 2024 version of the NFL rulebook contains an item that wasn't there in 2023. Here's what the new rule says, "If an ...
The NFL rulebook states: “If a ball is fumbled in the field of play, and goes forward into the opponent’s end zone and over the end of the sideline, ...
You can always learn something new about the NFL rule book. When the Bears played the Vikings on Sunday, Minnesota receiver Jordan Addison appeared as if he might have stepped out of bounds amid a ...
The rulebook also accounts for non-players as well later on. The technical definition, from Rule 12, Section 3, Article 4 of the NFL Rulebook is as follows: PALPABLY UNFAIR ACT.
While NFL teams ran tush-push plays only a miniscule number of times last season − .28% of the time, according to ESPN – the play has proven nearly impossible to stop when for some teams.
According to the official NFL rule book, the muffed punt rule states that players cannot advance a muffed kick on kickoffs and punts alike because the receiving team has not attained possession.
A seemingly innocuous tweak to the NFL rulebook nearly two decades ago wound up giving rise to the Philadelphia Eagles’ “Tush Push” play—which league owners debated banning.
The portion of the NFL rulebook under scrutiny reads as such: “If an eligible receiver who is on the line of scrimmage moves backward or changes his stance (two point to three point or ...
Here’s what they look for, according to Rule 8, section 1, article 3 of the NFL rule book: a) The player secures control of the ball in his hands or arms before the ball touches the ground; and; ...
The 2024 version of the NFL rulebook contains an item that wasn't there in 2023. Here's what the new rule says, ...