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By Adam La Rose
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Final up to date Apr 2, 2025 9:46 AM ET
Tuesday caused a number of NFL rule adjustments to be enforced beginning in 2025. Amongst them are an enlargement to the usage of replay help, together with a tweak to the time beyond regulation format.
It was identified effectively prematurely of this week’s league conferences that consideration would be given to broadening the usage of replay help. To no shock, then, the league has dedicated to doing so. Expanded use of video replay to assist on-field officers was experimented with in 2024, and that may proceed subsequent yr, as detailed by NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero.
In consequence, penalties issued for calls corresponding to roughing the passer, intentional grounding and pointless roughness are actually topic to evaluation (with out a coach’s problem being wanted). Video officers can appropriate calls by nullifying penalties when clear proof overturning the unique determination exists. With that mentioned, Tuesday’s adjustments don’t permit for penalties to be issued upon evaluation for performs the place no flag is thrown.
The NFL lately amended playoff time beyond regulation guidelines to make sure that each groups obtain the ball a minimum of as soon as within the further body. That change introduced concerning the expectation that it could quickly be duplicated within the common season.
Certainly, Dianna Russini of The Athletic notes each groups can have possession even within the occasion of a landing being scored by one among them in regular-season contests.
Regardless of that tweak, OT throughout the common season will nonetheless encompass a 10- (fairly than 15-) minute quarter. That might end in time constraints for the second group to obtain the ball, relying on how lengthy the primary group’s landing drive lasts. Nonetheless, the results of the coin toss originally of the additional body will carry much less weight within the wake of Tuesday’s change.
These two adjustments come on the identical day that the NFL’s dynamic kickoff was authorized on a full-time foundation (with touchbacks being moved up five yards to encourage additional upticks within the price of returns). Consideration to amending onside kicks will happen later this offseason; the same is also true of the tush push play.
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