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2014 NFL OFFSEASON THREAD


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To be fair, they outlawed it because Jimmy Graham hung on it and bent the goalpost, causing them to delay the game while they tried to fix it. I get why they decided to outlaw it and I think without that catalyst they wouldn't have even considered it

Yep. Once that happened, the life expectancy of that celebration was reduced to nil. Deservedly so.
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Deadspin did a nice summary of all the things approved (or not approved) at the owner's meeting

 

 

Proposals passed:
  • Officials can now use replay review to rule on loose ball recoveries—the so-called "NaVorro Bowman" rule, so dubbed after the 49ers were unable to challenge an obvious Niners fumble recovery in the NFC Championship that the refs awarded to the Seahawks.
  • The goalpost uprights will be extended five feet higher, to reduce the instances of a kick sailing above the upright and leaving it to the officials' judgment.
  • The game clock will no longer stop when a quarterback is sacked.
  • "Roll up blocks," where a blocker hits the side of the knee of a player, are banned.
  • Officials will now be able to speak wirelessly with each other, and with the central replay office.
  • While not a new rule, the existing rule forbidding the use of the ball as a prop during TD celebrations will be extended to ban dunking the ball over the crossbar

Proposals tabled for further review:

  • Though a proposal to move the line of scrimmage on PATs to the 25 was officially tabled, there will be a change. For the first two weeks of the preseason, extra point tries will be snapped from the 20, making it roughly a 38-yard kick. (Historical data says to expect a success rate in the high 80s.) The league will monitor the results, and presumably vote on changing the rule at next year's meetings.
  • A proposal to do away with overtime in preseason games and let them end in ties.
  • A proposal to add six boundary-line cameras at every game to make replay reviews more conclusive. (This was the one where Bill Belichick joked that the NFL needs to hold a bake sale if they can't afford the cameras.)
Proposals voted down:
  • Owners voted against moving the kickoff from the 35-yard-line to the 40.
  • Owners voted against a proposal that would have made every play challengeable by coaches.
  • Owners voted against allowing officials to use replay to review personal foul penalty calls.

 

The link also talks about the bylaws that didn't pass or where tabled

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Random question since dunking is now outlawed does that mean doing a finger roll or set shot would be also?

Pretty sure those already were. Dunking was a special exception to the rule that has now been, uh... un-excepted.
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