The NFL will discover yet one more main rule change to assist offenses after the 2023 season concludes.
NFL government vice chairman Troy Vincent mentioned on Wednesday that the league is planning to have discussions in regards to the rule that awards the protection possession and a touchback if an offensive participant fumbles the ball by means of the tip zone. Vincent indicated that the NFL competitors committee will debate whether or not the offense ought to retain possession in these conditions.
The touchback rule sometimes comes into play when a ball service is reaching for the objective line to attain and loses possession. Opponents of the present rule argue that the offense retains possession in all different conditions the place a participant fumbles the ball out of bounds, so the tip zone needs to be no completely different. If a participant fumbled on the two-yard line and the ball went out of bounds on the one, the offense would retain possession on the spot of the fumble.
There’s additionally the argument that the protection is awarded possession on a fumble by means of the tip zone regardless that they didn’t get well the ball. The result for the protection is similar as if a defensive participant recovered a fumble in the long run zone.
Those that are in favor of maintaining the rule the way in which it’s believed there needs to be an added accountability to guard the ball close to the objective line.
If the rule had been modified, the query then turns into what occurs with the ball. Would the offense retain possession on the spot of the fumble? Would the ball be positioned on the 1? One chance that has been floated is penalizing the offense by bringing the ball again to the 20 and/or having a lack of down.
The fumble-touchback rule is not the only controversial rule that the NFL plans to examine this offseason. Ought to a change go into impact, it will have a significant affect on the end result of future video games.