List Of Proposed 2018 Rule Changes

The NFL released the official list of rule changes being considered by the Competition Committee for the 2018 season on Thursday.

2018 Playing Rule Proposals

1. By Competition Committee; Makes permanent the playing rule that changes the spot
   of the next snap after a touchback resulting from a free kick to the 25-yard line.
2. By Competition Committee; Changes standard for a catch.
3. By Competition Committee; Makes the penalties for Illegal Batting & Kicking the same.
4. By Los Angeles Chargers; Amends Rule 15, Section 2, Article 5 to add fouls for
   roughing the passer and fouls against players in a defenseless posture as reviewable plays in the instant replay system.
5. By Washington; Amends Rule 15, Section 2, Article 5 to add review of personal fouls
   as reviewable plays in the instant replay system.
6. By New York Jets; Amends Rule 8, Section 5, Articles 1-4 to change the enforcement
   for defensive pass interference.
7. By Competition Committee; Authorizes the designated member of the Officiating
   department to instruct on-field game officials to disqualify a player for a flagrant nonfootball
   act when a foul for that act is called on the field.
8. By Competition Committee; Conforms the amount of time in which a team must
   challenge a play if there is a television commercial break following the play in question.
9. By Competition Committee; Eliminates the requirement that a team who scores a
   winning touchdown at the end of regulation of a game to kick the extra point or go for
   two-point conversion.
10. By Competition Committee; If there is a turnover, a team may win an overtime game,
    even though it scores on its second possession.

2018 Bylaw Proposals Summary

1. By Competition Committee; Makes permanent the liberalization of rules for timing,
   testing, and administering physical examinations to draft-eligible players at a club’s
   facility.
2. By Buffalo; For one year only, amends Article XVII, Section 17.4 to liberalize the
   rule for reacquisition of a player assigned via waivers.
3. By Buffalo; For one year only, amends Article XVII, Section 17.6 to liberalize the
   procedures for players placed on Reserve/Retired.
4. By Denver; Amends Article XVII, Section 17.16 to permit clubs to trade
   players from Reserve/Injured.
5. By Miami; Amends Article XVII, Section 17.1 to remove the requirement that a
   non-vested player be placed on waivers to be removed from the 90-player roster
   prior to the roster reduction to 53 players.
6. By Minnesota; Amends Article XVIII, Section 18.1 to replace the 10-day postseason
   claiming period with a 24-hour period.
7. By San Francisco, Arizona, and Los Angeles Chargers; Reduces the competitive
   equity that exists between teams who have morning body clock start times on long
   road trips.
8. By Competition Committee; Permits coaches to review video displayed on League issued
   tablets on the sidelines and in the coaches’ booth.
9. By Competition Committee; A player who is designated for return is eligible to be
   activated after eight games, not eight weeks.
10. By Competition Committee; Lengthens the period to execute an Injury Settlement
    from five business days to seven business days.
11. By Competition Committee; Changes the deadline to reinstate players from certain
    Reserve List categories.
12. By Competition Committee; Updates Reserve/Military List procedures to reflect the
    current League calendar.

2018 Resolution Proposal Summary

1. By Washington; Allows opposing teams to receive the League’s postgame
   responses to any officiating inquiries submitted by either team.
2. By San Francisco; Requires all NFL stadiums by 2021 to have three separate and
   permanent locker rooms to be exclusively designated for female football staff on game
   days as follows: game officials, home club staff members, and visiting club staff
   members.
3. By Competition Committee; Permits a club to negotiate and sign a head coach
   candidate during the postseason prior to the conclusion of the employer club’s season.
4. By Competition Committee; For one year only, permits an interested club to contact a
   Vested Veteran before clubs have been notified of the player’s termination via thePlayer Personnel Notice if (i) the players is not subject to the Waivers System and, (ii)
   the employer club has publicly announced the player’s release.

2018 Playing Rules Proposals

1. By Competition Committee; Makes permanent the playing rule that changes the spot
   of the next snap after a touchback resulting from a free kick to the 25-yard line.
2. By Competition Committee; Changes standard for a catch.
3. By Competition Committee; Makes the penalties for Illegal Batting & Kicking the same.
4. By Los Angeles Chargers; Amends Rule 15, Section 2, Article 5 to add fouls for
   roughing the passer and fouls against players in a defenseless posture as reviewable plays
   in the instant replay system.
5. By Washington; Amends Rule 15, Section 2, Article 5 to add review of personal fouls
   as reviewable plays in the instant replay system.
6. By New York Jets; Amends Rule 8, Section 5, Articles 1-4 to change the enforcement
   for defensive pass interference.
7. By Competition Committee; Authorizes the designated member of the Officiating
   department to instruct on-field game officials to disqualify a player for a flagrant nonfootball
   act when a foul for that act is called on the field.
8. By Competition Committee; Conforms the amount of time in which a team must
   challenge a play if there is a television commercial break following the play in question.
9. By Competition Committee; Eliminates the requirement that a team who scores a
   winning touchdown at the end of regulation of a game to kick the extra point or go for
   two-point conversion.
10. By Competition Committee; If there is a turnover, a team may win an overtime game,
    even though it scores on its second possession.

2018 PLAYING RULE PROPOSAL NO. 1

Amend Rule 11, Section 6, Article 3 (Touchback, pg. 47) (new language underlined, deleted
language struck through):

ARTICLE 3. BALL NEXT IN PLAY. After a touchback, the team that has been awarded the
touchback next snaps the ball at its 20-yard line from any point on or between the inbound lines,
unless the touchback results from a free kick, in which case the ball shall be placed at the team’s 25-
yard line.