NFL owners green light several new rules for upcoming season, including kickoff and replay assist changes

Multiple NFL rules changes announced connected Tuesday are expected to change the mode games are played this fall.

Last year, the NFL owners approved a drastic alteration to the kickoff. This upcoming season, teams volition beryllium further incentivized to debar touchbacks. 

If a shot doesn't onshore successful the instrumentality zone, a caller regularisation approved by NFL squad owners means a touchback volition effect successful the shot being placed astatine the 35-yard line.

Rich McKay, NFL contention committee president and Atlanta Falcons CEO, said the league projects the kickoff regularisation alteration would effect successful a sizeable summation successful footwear returns going forward.

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The NFL logo connected the tract astatine Hard Rock Stadium connected Dec. 25, 2022, successful Miami Gardens, Florida. (Megan Briggs/Getty Images)

While owners gave the greenish airy for moving the touchback spot from the 30-yard enactment up to the 35, the onside footwear rules volition enactment the aforesaid for the clip being. The squad owners program to sermon onside footwear further during adjacent month's meeting.

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Team owners besides agreed to array discussions connected the arguable "tush push."

The NFL contention committee suggested immoderate insignificant alterations to onside kicks, including removing the stipulation that onside kicks tin lone hap successful a game's last 4th of regulation.

Minnesota Vikings and Las Vegas Raiders players enactment up for the kickoff astatine U.S. Bank Stadium connected Aug. 10, 2024, successful Minneapolis. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

Club owners besides granted support to changes to the overtime process successful the regular season. Under the caller regulations, some teams volition person the accidental to person the shot successful overtime – which mirrors the regularisation for a postseason game. The reigning Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles submitted the overtime proposal.

Referee Shawn Hochuli calls a holding punishment during a crippled betwixt the New England Patriots and the Buffalo Bills connected Dec. 1, 2022, astatine Gillette Stadium successful Foxborough, Massachusetts. (Fred Kfoury III/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

The league's replay-assist strategy volition besides beryllium expanded. The owners approved a connection that allows the on-site replay authoritative to overturn punishment flags that are thrown for a deed to a subordinate who is determined to beryllium defenseless. 

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Penalties for a equine collar tackle, roughing, tripping, oregon moving into the kicker, arsenic good arsenic fouls for a look mask, would besides beryllium nether the replay referee's purview.

But, the replay authoritative volition not person the powerfulness to enforce a punishment connected a play successful which nary emblem was thrown. The owners besides approved the contention committee's connection to licence 2 players to beryllium designated to instrumentality for injured reserve if they are moved to IR arsenic the rosters are acceptable astatine 53 men. 

Furthermore, teams that suffice for the postseason volition beryllium allowed 2 oregon much returns signifier IR spots during the playoffs.

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