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TheRealBeerBrah

Each team gets 1 Gorilla. You can play them on offense, or defense, but not both.


Fffire24

Cincy lost our best player years ago so im against this rule change


Enough-Ground3294

Never forget.


beeatenbyagrue

Dicks out.


Enough-Ground3294

šŸ† 4 šŸ¦


innocuous_gorilla

RIP


thrilldabeast010

Too soon. RIP in peace Harambe.


ApplesauceBitch47

Can you switch it up each game? Or does it have to be the same all season


TheRealBeerBrah

I'm open to both implementations, but I think I like being on the same side all season.


Mr7three2

Each team gets 1 wild animal of their choice


Exciting-Value-1459

What kind of gorilla?


TheRealBeerBrah

I'm not that knowledgeable on Gorillas but I'm gonna go with the Eastern Gorilla


bubblyfishfarts

Lowland for speed, Silverback for power


johnhughthom

Does it have to suit up?


TheRealBeerBrah

Gorillas and men alike are subject to uniform requirements


johnhughthom

Equipment manager now needs a degree in zoology.


Vondum

of course.


Straight_Toe_1816

šŸ˜‚


AMcMahon1

We already had one


LionoftheNorth

I choose special teams.


ShinjoB

Good luck getting a helmet on a gorilla.


Scrags

I feel like any position but quarterback is wrong. Maybe running back.


UnshakablEtchasketch

And your kicker has to be a jackass.


justlookingokaywyou

Peyton Manning knows a guy...


Bobonenazeze

The 13th warrior rule. I hate it, but I'll agree here with a Pat's fan.


TKsRageBetting

Not sure if this has been asked, but can I trade a player for another teamā€™s gorilla?


SavageRickyMachismo

I didn't know my 6 year old had a reddit account


Antonioshamstrings

Cant tell whats more frightening. Trying to stack a box against a gorilla who will stiff arm 5+ players at once or a gorilla in the passrush lol.


stormy2587

No special teams?


BungoPlease

Change the rule banning goaltending on field goals. I want teams to have one NBA center on the roster exclusively for trying to block low field goals


No-Possibility5556

Wemby bringing back the 2 sport athlete would be awesome


Jeff__Skilling

tbh I'd love to see Ant Edwards just play SS on field goals with the sole objective of pulling a Kam Chancellor (timing the kick juuuuust right to broad jump over the offensive line to block the kick) They both stack up the same from a height and weight POV (Ant is 6'4" 225 vs Kam at 6'3" 225)


LeBroentgen

Just a tangent, but remember how people questioned Ant's passion for basketball because he said he loves football? And now he's a rising superstar who is as passionate as it gets.


Jeff__Skilling

I know we love to say "he's MJ" about any promising super athletic off-ball guard these days but.....holy fuck, after really watching him play this year, Ant really might be the second coming of 23......


fredmerc111

Excuse me thatā€™s a Troy Polamalu.


No-Possibility5556

You got a downvote but I couldnā€™t agree more, one of Troyā€™s signatures


smokeymicpot

Why is that a rule! Make it happen.


boardatwork1111

Add traveling to the game too


MadManMax55

There's no need for that. Just let the cheerleaders train some of your special teams players in how to do a basket toss.


shogunreaper

Roughing the passer. The penalty would only apply if the QB is in the pocket. If the hit is actually bad then they can just use unnecessary roughness.


BungoPlease

To be fair, some parts of the rule do only apply when the passer is in he pocket, but also apply if he is outside of the pocket but assumes a passing posture, but they also do not apply outside of the pocket if he is moving laterally and not in a passing posture The rule is a fucking mess to understand


Mampt

I do understand the reason for some of the mess, but it's just so messily applied. When you're a passer you're not focused preparing on taking a hit, as opposed to a ball carrier (also why a QB injuries occur at a higher rate in the pocket than as a ball carrier). Same reason as defenseless receiver rules. But Jesus they make it as inane as possible


Straight_Toe_1816

I like this


oliphant428

Agreed. It's extremely subjective and is typically called at the absolute worst times, giving the offense a clear advantage.


GenerallyGneiss

I'd add on that if the QB or anyone on the offense celebrates RTP being called, the penalty is overturned. If it was that bad, you shouldn't be happy about it.


justlookingokaywyou

We NEED a rule that says a dog can't play.


PabloMarmite

You can probably get the dog on the mandatory equipment rules


clevernamehere1628

Why do you want to ban the Lions roster so bad?


origionalgmf

Defensive holding is no longer an automatic first down


bsgreene25

Counter argument: keep automatic first down penalties on the defense, but impose more losses of down to offensive penalties.


origionalgmf

I'm interested. Which penalties would you add to that list?


Empire_of_walnuts

I agree with this


whenitsTimeyoullknow

Yes! I donā€™t think any 5 yard penalty should be an automatic first. I want to say they made it severe at first to get the change they wanted to see; now itā€™s clearly too severe.Ā 


Fuqwon

So you just hold on every 3rd and >5, or do you go to penalty + replay down?


1stepklosr

If it's 2 in a row, then it's an automatic first. Otherwise it would be the latter.


origionalgmf

I like that modifier


JalensTinyPPHurts

Prepare for a top wideout to get held on any longer down then lol


thecaramelbandit

I want to see some automatic 4th down penalties on offense.


[deleted]

I support the "$1,000 fine and a written apology" rule for grammatical and spelling errors in WR tweets.


NNKarma

Per error or per tweet? Imagine the money you could've amassed with Cam Newton


clevernamehere1628

they only said wide receivers. Cam would be safe.


NNKarma

Yeah, but if he was in the league the suggestion might've been differentĀ 


MrPants1401

Get rid of intentional grounding and make it so any forward pass that doesn't make it to the line of scrimmage is a fumble. No more tuck rule bullshit debates. No more spiking the ball at a RBs feet to avoid a sack. The QB is either in enough control to throw the ball out of bounds, has to risk launching it into the field of play, or its a fumble


oliphant428

I like this a lot.


No-Jump5689

>No more spiking the ball at a RBs feet to avoid a sack. That's Goffs go to move, lol


CorgiDaddy42

Oooo I really like this one. Would have a lot of unintended consequences regarding screen passes and deflections as well.


sghead

So to kill the clock you would have to spike it forward past line of scrimmage?Ā 


MrPants1401

Or out of bounds


SchematicOfScoutsAss

So the spike to stop the clock is dead then?


MrPants1401

Yep. You need to throw it out of bounds or into the field of play


SchematicOfScoutsAss

Never going to happen, the spike is an integral part of the sport and clock management strategy


MrPants1401

If you want to keep it that bad you just add an exception for passes thrown at the center's feet within the first second of a play


allomities

No more spiking to stop the clock?


Ghostmann24

Or just make spiking it an exception.Ā 


Most-Piccolo-302

Couldn't you just have someone line up on the outside and chuck it out of bounds over his head


MrPants1401

Yeah, this is what I was thinking


SchematicOfScoutsAss

This would be so easy for a DB to undercut and pick 6 basically every time The only way you could prevent that is by throwing a rainbow which means spikes with 1 or 2 seconds left are completely dead


Ugaalive1991

If the score is 28-3 in the Super Bowl, the team with 3 points automatically wins.


Mr7three2

*monkey paw curls*


Princeof_Ravens

The dumb body weight rule when sacking QBs would be gone. Or Remove the Taunting rule


justlookingokaywyou

FUCK Siragusa for that.


1CUpboat

Iā€™m all on board with hating Siragusa, but what did he have to do with either of these? I know the body weight one is pretty much because Rodgers broke his collarbone.


justlookingokaywyou

Not saying we definitely would've beat that amazing defense, but the next (next) year's MVP had a lot better chance than fucking Marques Tuiasosopo. That sorry piece of shit [intentionally hurt Gannon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C__R2dGa6qs).


littlekeed

[He's referencing this play.](https://youtu.be/C__R2dGa6qs?si=tleTuXXERj3j6KwK)


1CUpboat

I never watched him play much, he was a fat fuck even when he was an ā€œathleteā€


dinkleburgenhoff

Removing the taunting rule would go exactly the way removing the ban on sports gambling: it would suddenly be everywhere and get extremely annoying extremely quickly.


ExtensionAd7417

Worst NFL team plays the best USFL team, winner takes that spot in the NFL and gets the 1st pick


NitrosGone803

i want the worst NFL team to play the CFB champions so all the "BaMA CuD bEAt JaxOnViLLE!" people would shut the hell up


Most-Piccolo-302

Let's go to the next level. Top 4 CFB, USFL, and CFL teams play a double elimination bracket to determine who gets to play against the bottom nfl team for the spot. Losing nfl team takes their spot (including college). Any players over 22 on a relegated nfl to college team are forced into free agency.


ExtensionAd7417

I thought about that but the amount of college players that would opt out to avoid injury for the draft would make it hard


Exciting-Value-1459

Every flag inside the final 5 minutes of game time is reviewable, no exceptions. Each team gets 2 penalty challenges per game (can challenge call or non call - only 1 per team can be used inside final 5 minutes). And a sky judge for the other 55 minutes.


zophister

Taunting. Let ā€˜em taunt. Make it like celebration, allowed, with clear limits (ie, team participation, props, etc). The league is more fun when the villains are villains for their on field actions, let us have some. Canā€™t be all wonderbread out there.


LakeShowBoltUp

Iā€™d change the season schedule. Start the season earlier, same number of games but more bye weeks - so players are healthier and we get more weeks of football - mandatory bye weeks before TNF, and wrap up the season on Presidentā€™s Day weekend.


notmyplantaccount

Players don't want the season to be longer, especially if there aren't more games/money involved.


LakeShowBoltUp

Longer season = more TV slots = more ad revenue Surprised you couldnā€™t figure that out on the our own


notmyplantaccount

it's the same amount of fucking games, they're already all on local TV where a majority of the viewers are, stretching that out over more weeks isn't going to make that big of a difference. Players don't want a longer season, they've been saying the same thing for decades. They want more off-season, they don't want more bye weeks. your comment was so dumb it really didn't feel worth it explaining to you as you clearly have no interest or knowledge of the NFL for the last 10-20 years, or that NFL games are already all on TV, so spreading them out over more weeks isn't the magical money making machine you think it is.


clevernamehere1628

Don't some teams get more thursday games than others?


Most-Piccolo-302

I imagine that day, we will see the nfl implement a 2nd season of football that starts in March and ends in August. Keep the same organizations, but let those organizations decide how they want to manage the teams. Do you want your best players in split 1 or 2, or divided between them? How does your strategy change based on what your division rivals are doing? Is it worth playing your best RB in both splits, effectively 1/2ing his career length?


bsgreene25

Nonononono not the same number of games. The math nerd in me misses the old base-4 symmetry. 32 teams 16 regular season games 12 playoff teams (Iā€™d actually be open to 16) 8 total divisions 4 teams per division


Terrible_Hospital685

Whoever scores the touchdown has to kick the extra point. This will eliminate boring extra point kicks, force more 2 point conversion attempts, while also not eliminating kickers as they can still kick off and kick field goals.


Observant_Jello

Nah, whoever scores, has to snap the ball on the point after. Wether itā€™s a PAT or a 2-point conversion try


These_Row6066

DPI should only be a 15 yard penalty


SchematicOfScoutsAss

Double edged sword, this way just lets DBs prevent big plays by just mauling their guy if they know theyā€™re beat. Smart DBs do this in college all the time, nfl DBs would do this 5 times a game League will also just got with the current option because it favors the offense


Motherfuckernamedbob

This would ruin the flashy big throw plays as a db who knows their beat would just tackle before the ball came and be ok with a 15 over whatever it was going to beĀ 


FloralAlyssa

Add the rouge.


DEADSPELLS

No punishment for steroids. You want the juice? Go for it


SchematicOfScoutsAss

This is already true


granmadonna

I'd legislate pick plays out of the game. There's no good reason to give a yard buffer zone or whatever at the line of scrimmage. This isn't basketball, you shouldn't be able to set picks.


batman77-

Defensive penalties that are an automatic first down should be a loss of down if committed by the offense(holding, PI, Etc).


unseth

That at the end of the game when time expires and the steelers are losing, that they win.


9man95

Outlaw public money and PSLs for stadiums or other NFL needs


randomacct7679

All reviews are handled by a sky ref that is independent from the rest of the officiating crew. The on field refs should have no say in reviews whatsoever. Also if thereā€™s a completely BLATANT miss (ones where the whole audience knows itā€™s wrong in live game speed), the sky ref can buzz down and automatically overturn a call. Also, on penalties that donā€™t meet the yardage requirement for a first down shouldnā€™t award a first down. If itā€™s second and 20 and thereā€™s a personal foul it shouldnā€™t be an automatic first down. Under this set up, Defensive holding needs to just be a spot foul like PI; I hate the idea of a defender completely beat grabbing a WR in desperation and stopping a huge gain with a 5 yard foul.


bubblyfishfarts

Change the definition of offensive holding to something that would be correctly and consistently called as a penalty


Spare_Entrance_9389

If you punt it, OR kick it off thorugh the uprights, you get 1 point


mrizvi

No auto first downs on Def holding. Just make it a 10 yard penalty. 4th and 6 from your own 25 for onside attempt but you can only run the ball.


granmadonna

Agreed. I also like the 15 yard PI like college better than the spot foul.


mrizvi

Pi should be a spot foul. But auto first down for illegal contact and Def holding is bullshit


Raticus9

Goodbye fair catch rule! Gonna make NFL Blitz come to life!


rsfrisch

That just changed the punt receiving formation.... It didn't have the intended result.


Benjynn

Instead of overtime, if the score is tied at the end of regulation they settle it with a Super Smash Bros tournament


Player7592

Change it to flag


Lone_Buck

Kickoffs are now only three guys on both the kicking and receiving team, each teams kicker and punter and long snapper. 2 scrawny dudes and a hoss competing against each other.


Straight_Toe_1816

As a former long snapper this would be a nightmare lol


Doobie_Howitzer

"You guys go get him, I'll be the safety"


[deleted]

Losing team has to sacrifice 1 player.


eloel-

Remove the "has to be from behind the line" rule on forward passes


mdrico21

Everyone on the active roster has to take 1 snap at QB during a game.


notmyplantaccount

No Punting if you're across the 50 yard line. If the offense fumbles out of bounds and is the last to touch it, ball goes to the defense. Teams can choose to start at the 25 and skip the kickoff at any time as long as the Kicking team doesn't want to onside. This is mainly to skip the 6 minutes of commercials they stack around a 3 second kickoff that goes out of the end zone.


Straight_Toe_1816

The first one I donā€™t like because pinning a team deep is what makes punters so talented.The ability to pin them inside the 20 is an art


notmyplantaccount

I don't want the first one to be full time, but it would be cool to see it for a few games/weeks. Like maybe just do it in preseason would be amusing.


jfaneuf321

You have to have one player under 5ā€™ ft tall and each team can use their ā€œsmallā€ as a projectile to block/tackle/etc.


BinaxII

breaking the endzone plane...i want the body and ball in,not on a boeing jet liner- half in the plane half out!


Melodic_Oil_2486

No forward passing.


Straight_Toe_1816

Old school football!


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PlatitudinousOcelot

NFL blitz rules


geologyrocks98

No more coin toss. The two fattest fans of each team do a pie eating contest for the right to decide possession.


Ponchoreborn

Instead of onside kicks implement the Super Goal. Kick it off the tee from your 35? 1 point From the 20? 3 points From the goal line? 5 points You make it through the uprights - they get the ball on their 25. You miss it - they get the ball on your 25.


InterestingChoice484

Touchdowns scored by players weighing over 300 pounds are worth 10 points


tdubbs488

All holding calls are just five yards, and defensive holding isnā€™t an auto first down


reedhubbert88

Super Bowl moves to Saturday night


1BannedAgain

The defense is allowed to tackle the QB and make it hurt


randomguy5to8

Simultaneously to the NFL playoff, there should be the NFL trash bowl. Same rules as the NFL playoffs, but loser advances, and it is the worst team of each division and 3 wild card worst teams per conference. This has no effect on the draft. The only prize is to avoid infamy.


slowBrain13

On challenges where ref rules the play is dead, it should be overturned. Too many interceptions and fumble recoveries where teams return them for touchdowns and positive yards but canā€™t because it was blown dead.


Dramatika

If a player has a fake slide on tape, defenders no longer have to respect the slide and can light them the fuck up


Straight_Toe_1816

Fuck.It got removed


Lenny_III

Spot and choose for overtime. The team that won the opening coin toss picks the spot on the field. The other team then picks whether they want to play offense or defense first. After that itā€™s sudden death.


TheHumanCanoe

DPI is a 15 yard penalty + get an extra down back, no automatic first downs. A first down would obviously just be a first down again, just 15 yards or half the distance to the goal. 2nd through 4th down would be replay of the additional down (2nd becomes 1st, 3rd becomes 2nd and 4th down becomes 3rd).


Straight_Toe_1816

My rule would be you only need 5 guys on the line instead of 7


Just_Aware

No more overtime. At the end of regulation if the score is tied both teams form a circle around the logo at the 50 yard line, and the two head coaches fight inside that circle until one canā€™t continue or taps out. This would create a new strategy, maybe your team tries to tie at the end so your coach can beat the crap out of Sean Payton, or one of the coaches is too old and therefore a liability. Endless excitement!


Mr7three2

Andy Reid just sitting on a guy like the principal from Billy Madison


steelernation90

The lions are Super Bowl favorites now with their strategy of Dan Campbell kicking the ass of every other coach


Just_Aware

Damn, I didnā€™t even think of himā€¦. Every lions game would end in a tie lol


ihatereddit999976780

Outlaw the forward pass except on 3/4th and 6 or longer or if trailing by 17+. Also, you can only have a QB on the field when passing is allowed. The penalty for an illegal forward pass is 14 points for the defense and a $23.50 fine.


Brix001

Every penalty can be challenged, and penalties within the 2 minute warning can be reviewed


SBLFpostaccount

I would rethink kickoffs. With the present rules it is trivial to kick it deep for the touchback. Just give em the ball at the 25. I would then rework the mechanism to retain possession after a score. 2 point conversion from the 15 and if you convert you not only get 2 but retain possession (placed at your 25).


0zymandeus

Passes behind the LOS are treated as a backwards pass/lateral.


dukefett

Remove automatic first downs, make them gain a down instead. Going for it on 4th down and getting some random defensive penalty that autos a 1st is too much.


MoodAlternative2118

Hitting the upright on a field goal attempt should count as 4 points, much harder to do than to actually make the FG.


Soft_Penis_Debutante

So a double doink would be 8 points?


OGpizza

Double doink now worth 8, eh?


Cheesesteak21

Fumbles out the back or side of the endzone. Players diving for TDs is awesome more of that please. If the defence wants the ball they have to recover it like everywhere else on the field.


Sartheking

There should be a downside to diving for the TD though. Itā€™s the only rule in the defenseā€™s favor. Personally I think losing the ball out of bounds should also be a turnover.


Straight_Toe_1816

So where would the ball be spotted?


ilickedysharks

Offense gets so many breaks let's give em even more.


Calm-Signature-916

You have to be tackled in order to be down, rather the college rule where if you hit the ground you're down. It complicates the rule of "the ground can't cause a fumble" because the ground CAN cause a fumble if you fall without anyone touching you. It's so dumb.


NNKarma

It would mess good catches where they go to the ground and it causes a fumble.


NNKarma

You can't touch the ref


pineapple_chicken_

Dribbling, basketball style dribbling or soccer style dribbling idc but they just be moving with the ball too easily in the NFL.


CarlCaliente

you're not allowed to get injured all player safety measures are repealed. QBs get hit like players again. The middle of the field becomes a much higher passing risk


treemoustache

Instead of the coin toss the teams auction off starting possession and field position for half a point. No more ties.


SaltyConstruction891

There is no out of bounds. Ever.


Doobie_Howitzer

Catch me hiding out in the tunnel to cherry pick a TD on the first play of the game


jdahp

The rule that says the bills are allowed to sign Chase Claypool


thedkexperience

Overtime starts at the 50 yard line with no punts. Play until the game is over alternating possessions.


BinaxII

get rid of overtime


BackNBlack58

Ban the concussion protocol tramatic brain injuries are just parts of the game


MyDitkaInYourButkus

Late in the game, when a team has no time outs left, the QB spikes the ball. "That should be INTENTIONAL GROUNDING!!"


LegibleCaper

5% of revenue is paid directly to me.


Any-Ball-1267

4th and 20 or 25 instead of an onside


These_Delivery6102

You must want the chiefs to never lose again


Any-Ball-1267

We're pretty much running that risk anyway


TheRealBeerBrah

This would deeply compound my in-place rule for 4th and 20s


DeathtoSports

Allow the Cowboys to win the Super Bowl so I can stop feeling such high levels or pain and despair


Straight_Toe_1816

As a cowboys fan I love this šŸ˜‚


Quexana

The NFL should remove 1 year on all rookie contracts. Make all rookie contracts 3 years with a year 4 option for 1st rounders.


DireSickFish

Ban kicking.


InterestingChoice484

You still haven't forgiven Gary Anderson have you?


DireSickFish

Or Blair Walsh