JP and the aquarium debate whether the NFL should implement some rule changes, including the banning the tush push, this offseason.
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00:00So, the league has to get all these official proposed rule changes on the books.
00:07Green Bay says, I don't care if you give me grief, we're pushing forward.
00:13Green Bay has proposed a rule change, rule 12, section one, to prohibit an offensive
00:20player from pushing a teammate who is lined up directly behind the snapper and receives
00:25the snap immediately at the snap.
00:30That is clearly very much targeted at eliminating the tush bush that the Eagles run so well.
00:37I mean, there's four of us here that watch a ton of football.
00:40I can't even think of another team that tries it with the, remember when Washington tried
00:46that one, Mariota came in and it looked like he was supposed to pitch it to Robinson.
00:51I don't know what that was.
00:54I think that is overkill and I think that is way too targeted specifically at what Philly
00:59does really well.
01:00I don't think there should be a rule change for what one team does really well.
01:04Cause if there was, could you, could you institute a rule change that quarterbacks that where
01:09the number 15 on third down aren't allowed to run around behind the line of scrimmage
01:16for more than nine seconds before they complete a backbreaking third down conversion to a
01:20tight end.
01:21Cause like that'd be pretty targeted at the chiefs, right?
01:24I don't think you can specifically try to eliminate something just because one team
01:27does it really well.
01:29However, I do think they should reinstate.
01:33This is not a new rule.
01:34It'd be reinstating the old rule that you cannot push a ball carrier from behind.
01:38I think it's dangerous.
01:40And I do think that would have some impact on the tush bush.
01:43I think it would have more impact though on generally when you see a skill position guy,
01:48a receiver or running back a tight end, and they're starting to get tackled around the
01:5110 or the five, and then you see like a tackle running from 10 yards past and just blowing
01:57up the whole pile.
01:58I think that's legitimately dangerous.
01:59And I think we should get rid of that.
02:02That's just me.
02:03I don't get the vote.
02:05There are two other rule proposals.
02:06Everybody's going to talk about green Bay trying to ban the tush bush and rightfully
02:10so.
02:11But I think these other two are just as interesting, dude.
02:14The lions have proposed to eliminate automatic first downs for defensive holding.
02:22Think about how many times it's third and 17 and there's a defensive hold six yards
02:27down the field and it's an automatic first down.
02:30I don't hate that at all.
02:33Now I do wonder if it doesn't incentivize holding a little bit like, ah man, it's not
02:39a first down.
02:40Let's just grab a little bit, see if they call it.
02:42But I think the rules are too skewed to help the offense anyway.
02:46I like that one.
02:48And the Eagles not to be, you know, clearly green Bay's coming at the Eagles, but Philly's
02:54got their own rule proposal.
02:56The Eagles proposed to align the regular season overtime rules with the post season rules,
03:02giving each team a chance to possess the ball in a 15 minute period.
03:07So we're clear in regular season.
03:10If you, if you get the ball first and you score a touchdown, it's game over.
03:12If you get a field goal, the other team gets the ball in overtime.
03:17Both teams get the ball.
03:19I would vote no on the tush push ban.
03:23Yes.
03:24On the lion's proposal to eliminate automatic first downs for defensive holding.
03:28And I think no on the Eagles proposal to change overtime.
03:34They've messed with overtime so much over the last handful of years and dude, regular
03:38season games.
03:39If you're playing 17 of them, they're going to go to 18 in a year.
03:43I don't think you need to extend overtime that much more.