Detroit Lions Automatic First Down Rule Suggestion, which was rejected by NFL owners

A proposal that the Detroit Lions, which were hit by the NFL owners this year, was rejected on Tuesday and will not be said goodbye. Detroit offered a change of rule to prevent the automatic first downs from being awarded in defensive holding and illegal contact penalties, but it did not receive the votes required for the resistance.

Before the vote, Lions coach Dan Campbell made his argument for the change of rule.

“Really, I had the feeling where these are most important for us-we had a number of these second and 16, second and 20, second and 10, second and second and second and 9, third and 8-, especially,” said Campbell. “Forget the first downs. Our rule for the first downs, it is irrelevant. It would now be the first and 5 instead of 5 meters (and a first down)-that is actually better offensive.

“But it is more if you have just mentioned in these (situations) that I just mentioned, the second and long, third (below), and the contact is 6 meters on the field, it is on a scramble-die four of them are like” ugh. Man, that seems unfair. Correct? “Why not just a 5-yard penalty and let us repeat the down?

“It was really, for me, I know that it has arrived there. And it is really a bit of the area, these longer situations in which I do not talk about the figureship, man is a clear support. He is 10 meters long field, but we had a number of these that were really 6 meters down on the field.

Brandon Beane, General Manager of Bills, was publicly against the rule change of the Lions at the owners’ meetings:

“The problem is that you have a team in the third and 12, third and 15 years old. You will tell your boys that you should snap a little more, keep a little more, because the worst case is that it will only be the third and 7,” said Beane. “I think there could be some unintentional consequences of the rule. Sometimes it stinks to give up a Ticky-Tack call-and that is likely where it comes from-but I think there are some unintentional consequences that I would worry about.”

The Lions also suggested two other rules of rule: to change the sowing in the NFL playoffs to determine the overall record instead of keeping the winners of the divisions priority and not counters who are included in the injured reserve before the regular season. At the time of this publisher it is not clear whether these proposals were approved or rejected, but Campbell said there was a certain optimism for changing the playoff seeding.

“It was a constant discussion that will be interesting to see how this starts. It has some legs,” said Campbell on Tuesday morning.

UPDATE: According to reports, the proposal for Playoff seeding was officially submitted for later discussions.

Update 2: The NFL announced all approved rule proposals, and none of the three of the proposed lions made the list. It is unclear whether your proposal for adapting the roster for a future discussion was rejected or submitted.

Update 3: The NFL confirmed that the proposal of Detroit’s squad rule was presented, and changes are taken into account.