Proposals look to tweak rules on defensive holding/illegal contact, assisting the runner, and modify overtime, playoff seeding, and roster limits
Here's what to watch for as you watch the NFL zebras this fall.
Vilified referee Phil Luckett was correct in seemingly botched coin flip
It is no secret that we are very much opposed to the NFL’s modified sudden death format. (Rather than repeat, see our rant from the 2010...
Jeff Triplette, meet Dante Hicks. Much like the downtrodden cashier from Clerks, Triplette was not even supposed to be here this Sunday. Triplette was heading Scott...
Last March, change came for the sake of change. As Competition Committee co-chairman Rich McKay stated, “sometimes you want to get ahead of a problem and...
NFL OWNERS APPROVE ‘MODIFIED SUDDEN DEATH’ The Competition Committee moved on changing the dynamic of postseason overtime on a nonexistent platform: field position after a kickoff...
1st major modification in league history Yes, that headline is screaming. And for good reason. The NFL now can’t simply resolve a tie game much like...
The NFL homepage ran an Associated Press story quoting the Rich McKay, Falcons president and Competition Committee co-chairman. As it does almost every year, according to...
This is the first post for Football Zebras.