Josh Jackson Jersey , but how significant will this change become?"WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections The APC PodcastPackers Film RoomFantasy Football AdviceCDTShareTweetShareShareNFL changes rules, makes pass interference penalties (and non-calls) reviewableJohn David Mercer-USA TODAY SportsNFL fans should not have a reason to complain about a non-call costing one team a game or a trip to the Super Bowl, at least in the 2019 season. In a somewhat surprising decision at the league’s annual meeting this week, the owners approved a rules change to allow pass interference penalties to be subject to replay review for the upcoming season. Not only will penalties that are called be reviewable, but so will non-calls.This change proposal came from the NFL’s Competition Committee, but it was almost certainly driven by Committee member Sean Payton, the New Orleans Saints’ head coach. The Saints lost in the NFC Championship Game in January, due in part to blatant pass interference against Rams cornerback Nickell Robey-Coleman that went unflagged late in the game. As a result, Payton likely had a key role in shaping the resolution that implemented this change.Interestingly, this was one of a few resolutions regarding replay that were proposed. Another suggested making both pass interference and roughing the passer penalties reviewable; however, the league’s ownership group evidently did not want to extend the rule change to accommodate both types of penalties. Green Bay Packers linebacker Clay Matthews was flagged for questionable roughing penalties in back-to-back weeks early in the 2018 season, one of which negated a potential game-clinching interception by Jaire Alexander. However, under the new rules that have been approved, that penalty still would not be subject to replay review.In addition to making interference penalties reviewable, the rule change also makes any try attempt — PATs and two-point conversions — subject to automatic review. That means that questionable plays should be reviewed by the officials automatically rather than requiring a head coach to actively challenge a play.This change is intended only to alter obvious
JK Scott Jersey , game-changing interference penalties where the officials make a clear error. It will be intriguing to see just how often challenges or reviews of these calls are reversed in the coming season.This change comes on the heels of the league shooting down a proposal to change onside kicks. Another notable change suggestion, which would allow both teams an opportunity to possess the football in overtime under all circumstances, has been tabled for further discussion at the NFL’s spring meeting in May.Here is the summarized language of the rule change, and click here for complete details on each of the changes approved at this week’s meetings. That the emergence of the Green Bay Packers’ young wide receivers revealed itself once again in Los Angeles against a lauded defensive backfield was promising. That it happened just a matter days before Stephen A. Smith ripped Packers brass for not providing Aaron Rodgers with more help is humorous. And while Smith may have been correct as Green Bay failed to address the weaponry of the Packers’ star quarterback at times over the past decade, he is wrong to overlook the team’s pass-catching rookie additions of 2018.While new general manager Brian Gutekunst led Green Bay into uncharted waters of spending large in free agency to bring tight end Jimmy Graham into the fold, he, like Ted Thompson before him, also tried to solve the receiving position through the draft. In 2018 alone, the Packers netted three third-day picks at the position in J’Mon Moore, Marquez Valdes-Scantling, and Equanimeous St. Brown to bolster a corps that saw Jordy Nelson leave as a salary cap casualty. As the Packers have lost talent at wide receiver over the years in Nelson, Donald Driver, Greg Jennings, and James Jones, they have constantly replenished through the draft. While some shot-in-the-dark selections like Terrence Murphy
Rashan Gary Green Bay Packers Jersey , DeAngelo Yancey and Malachi Dupre have not panned out for various reasons, others such as Davante Adams and Randall Cobb have become major parts of the offensive game plan.Unlike Green Bay, which has primarily worked through the draft, the New England Patriots have fit the Stephen A. Smith philosophy of aggressive pick-ups at wide receiver during the Tom Brady era, specifically via trade. It was the Patriots who traded for a risky proposition in Randy Moss when the Packers would not gamble. They pulled off a surprising first-round pick swap for Brandin Cooks in 2017 before trading him away just a season later. Similarly, they were aggressive on both the restricted and unrestricted free agent markets, acquiring the likes of Wes Welker and Danny Amendola.But even the Patriots’ receiving crew in 2018 was acquired through the exact opposite of a draft-and-develop approach. Chris Hogan was a restricted free agent signing who has earned first-team snaps. Along with the Cooks trade in 2017, New England received Phillip Dorsett, a former first round pick of Indianapolis, in exchange for backup quarterback Jacoby Brissett. Dorsett fills a depth role for the Patriots, as does Cordarrelle Patterson (even at running back!) who was brought in from Oakland with a sixth-round pick for just a fifth-rounder. Of course, there is Josh Gordon, the often-disciplined former Cleveland Brown who wore out his welcome with John Dorsey and the new staff and was sent packing for a conditional fifth round selection. Trading for pieces continues to be a heavily utilized strategy by the Patriots.While the versatile Julian Edelman was a rare wide receiver draft pick that developed into a significant role player (seventh round), the Patriots have frequently struck out in the draft. Including Edelman, the Patriots have drafted ten receivers since 2009 compared to 13 for Green Bay. None have developed as hoped
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