NFL 2014 Off-Season Thread

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jooka

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If that does get voted in, I can see it being a plus for seeing more 2 point conversions.
 
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I like all the changes except the PI change.

"Modify pass interference so that it can be called within one yard of the line of scrimmage."

Going to be hell on Defenses which are already neutered. It will be difficult to jam receivers in the first 5 yards when the QB simply throws the ball at them near their feet and get a PI call.

I expect scoring is going to be setting more records this next year if allowed.


I really like the PAT change. Kickers ez mode is over. There will be significantly more misses and better kickers will stand out and 2pt conversions will be tried more.
 
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I don't think you guys are reading the PI rule right. Right now you can't have PI at the line of scrimmage or the backfield. The proposal says you can't maul people at the line scrimmage while the ball is in the air. It doesn't have anything to do with the 5 yard rule, and doesn't affect bump and run coverage.
 
Grimmlokk

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Elurin_sl said:
I'm curious about #2 regarding personal foul replays. Does that mean if they're reviewing something else and they see one, that they can call it? Or is this basically just reviewing personal foul calls that have already taken place? I think it's ridiculous that they can look at a replay and see a blatent call and not be able to include it because it was missed originally.
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I didn't think about that. That would be awful. Like that shit call last season where they ruled the Steelers TD invalid because the fumble review showed the ball carrier's helmet came off .001 seconds before the ball crossed the line. Thus ruining the Steelers season and invalidating the Super Bowl.

Tea_sl said:
I don't think you guys are reading the PI rule right. Right now you can't have PI at the line of scrimmage or the backfield. The proposal says you can't maul people at the line scrimmage while the ball is in the air. It doesn't have anything to do with the 5 yard rule, and doesn't affect bump and run coverage.
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In spirit it doesn't, in practice it will sometimes end up working that way. Clean bump with a ball coming that way will = PI. It adds one more judgment call, and that's almost always a bad thing.
 
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Grimmlokk_sl said:
In spirit it doesn't, in practice it will sometimes end up working that way. Clean bump with a ball coming that way will = PI. It adds one more judgment call, and that's almost always a bad thing.
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Yeah, a defender chucking a receiver while the ball is in the air is sometimes gonna get called, but that already happens occasionally. It's still PI even if it occurs within 1-5 yards of the line of scrimmage. Changing that from 0-5 is a really minor thing. It makes sense from a rules standpoint because people are actually running 0-1 yard routes now, whereas historically those were all running plays with a toss. Sure it adds another yard of judgment, but either way it's not going to change much of anything.
 
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Ha, Washington had a historically bad special teams last year and made no obvious strides in free agency....so guess who proposed the new 40 yard line kickoff rule? Daniel Snyder, ladies and gentlemen. Is it time to break out the offseason championship title already? Get rekt, league. We'llrulebookour way out of the shitter!
 
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I like the PI change if it counts against the offense as well.

Offensive PI vs the Denver style pick plays would be a great change where the WRs are blocking while the ball is in the air.

The main problem is the disparity between the regular season and post season. Whatever the rule is, it needs to be called 100% of the time and not just regular season then refs swallow the whistles in the postseason.
 
Muurloen

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Glad we now have 2 Harvard alums now on our local pro-sports teams.

At least this now tells us that the Texans are drafting Clowney.
 
Grimmlokk

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Muurloen_sl said:
Glad we now have 2 Harvard alums now on our local pro-sports teams.

At least this now tells us that the Texans are drafting Clowney.
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What about now?


edit: Jericho Cotchery goes to the Panthers. Meaning they now have a receiver with over 20 receptions!

And also that the Steelers have a single NFL level receiver left on the roster. Fuck...
 
Sutekh

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Miami expected to Sign Knowshon Moreno in the next couple days, not really sure how I feel about that.


and yeah looks like Schaub to the Raiders for a late round draft pick.
 
Genjiro

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Yea the Steelers receivers are fucked at wr. Guessing either Evans or Benjamin now will be the round 1 pick.
 
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