PALM BEACH, Fla. — NFL house owners voted on a number of modifications on Tuesday on the league’s annual assembly, however the tush push wasn’t one in every of them.
The tush push vote has been tabled for a later date. Homeowners had been anticipated to vote on the controversial play on Tuesday after the Inexperienced Bay Packers proposed banning the play. There gave the impression to be rising momentum for a possible ban.
A vote on the tush push may come throughout conferences subsequent month.
The play is just like a quarterback sneak, however two offensive gamers line up behind the QB after which push him ahead after he snaps the ball to create momentum to realize a primary down. Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts has scored at the least 13 dashing touchdowns from the tush push the final three seasons.
Among the many guidelines the house owners did vote on Tuesday was making the dynamic kickoff everlasting whereas additionally modifying it.
The dynamic kickoff will now place the ball on the 35-yard line after touchbacks.
The league house owners additionally tweaked the regular-season time beyond regulation interval to reflect postseason guidelines.
Final season, the NFL launched the dynamic kickoff on a one-year trial foundation to in an effort to revive kickoffs, which had turn into dormant as a result of the league had emphasised participant well being and security. The one-year run with the dynamic kickoff proved to be a hit.
There have been 332 extra kickoff returns, which elevated from a 21.8% return charge to 32.8%, in response to the NFL. The league additionally noticed 59 big-play returns (40 or extra yards) final season, the best quantity for the reason that 2016 season.
The NFL needs to discourage groups from kicking the ball into the top zone by putting it on the 35-yard line after touchbacks. This can doubtless result in extra kickoffs beginning subsequent season. Outdoors of placing the ball on the 35-yard line after touchbacks, the dynamic kickoff guidelines will stay the identical.
Kickoffs are nonetheless from the 35-yard line, and 10 gamers on the kicking workforce apart from the kicker will line up on the opposing workforce’s 40-yard line. The returning workforce strains up with at the least seven gamers in what is known as the “set-up zone,” which is a five-yard space between the receiving workforce’s 35- and 30-yard strains. A most of two returners might be within the touchdown zone.
When the ball is kicked, the kicker can’t cross the 50-yard line, and the ten kicking workforce gamers can’t transfer till the ball is both returned, hits the bottom or goes into the top zone.
Along with transferring touchbacks to the 35-yard line, each groups will now possess the ball in time beyond regulation through the common season, even when the offensive workforce scores a landing on their first possession. The Eagles submitted the proposal, which was handed on Tuesday. The preliminary proposal known as for normal time beyond regulation to be elevated from 10 to fifteen minutes, just like the postseason, however the league amended that.
Homeowners additionally authorised a proposal to develop the league’s replay-assist system. The on-site replay official can now overturn penalties for hits to defenseless gamers, facemask fouls, horse-collar tackles, tripping, and operating into/roughing the kicker. The replay official isn’t permitted to throw a flag for a play for which no penalty was thrown.
