NFL announces changes in kick -offs, overtime, how the ball is spotted and re -plays again but owner Table Tush Push Ban

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The NFL announced some important changes in the game on Tuesday for the 2025 season, including how the ball will be spotted, the rules for overtime and kick -off rules.

The competition committee has created the new kick -off format in which the kicking and recurring teams are closer together, with the kick -backing men further back in the field permanently. The committee also ruled that teams are now getting the ball on the 35-Yard line on a touchback.

The rules on the regular time periods were also changed and will now reflect the rules for the play -offs: each team gets the chance to possess the ball, regardless of the outcome of the first ride. Previously, the game would end if a team scored a touchdown on the opening ownership of overtime.

The competition has also expanded the cases in which instant repetition can help in making civil servants when calling.

The NFL also announced the use of Sonys Hawk-Eye Virtual measuring system to measure the distance between where the ball was seen and to win the line for a first down. The competition called the new system an efficient alternative to the traditional chain gang that keeps the Yardage markers on the sidelines. The NFL said the crews will remain as a backup option.

The survey technology will be integrated with the immediate repeat system that creates virtual recreation of the measurements that can be seen in real time by personal and home viewers.

A decision that was made was the question of whether he should forbid the so-called Tush-Push, the almost unstoppable game for the Philadelphia Eagles and others.

The short distance game, where the entire offensive outfit pushes the quarterback a few meters, has lately an important element in the Eagles success, so that the team helped to win the Super Bowl last season.

The Green Bay Packers submitted a proposal to ban it on safety and competitive measures and NFL owners are expected to take the measure on Tuesday. But the Competitics Act committee has decided to submit the discussion For now, with the Saga set to drag on.

It can be reduced in May for a reconsideration.

To endure every motion, a majority of 75% must be in favor of the change in line with NFL owners, with 24 out of 32 votes.

The Tush Push rose a few years ago when the Eagles started using it in short-yardage situations.

It is a running game in which the ball is broken to the Quarterback, which then pours to the attack line. While the rulers push forward, the quarterback is then pushed from behind by a tight end and a running back, related to a scrum in rugby.

The combined efforts usually result in a short-year-old win that is sufficient for a first down or a touchdown and its Eagles version is usually unstoppable.

Eagles Quarterback Jalen Hurts who is pushed the person with the ball into his hands and is pushed from behind, has benefited enormously from this piece, with the majority of him 52 Hurry TouchDowns During the last four seasons that come from the Tush -Push.

It became an important driving factor in the team that reached super bowl two years ago and in their titles success last season.

Just like many other aspects in the NFL, other teams have tried to use the Tush -Push with different success, while the Eagles remain the masters.

Despite the success of the Tush -Push, it has become a controversial game, with some that the competitiveness removes and makes football less exciting.

The piece, which tells similarities with the Old-School Quarterback Sneak that is used in the early days of football, has also led to safety problems, in which players push each other with all their strength in such a dense proximity.

Green Bay, who was conveniently defeated by the Eagles in the Wildkardronde of the Play -offs when Philadelphia went super bowl Lix, was the team to indicate the motion to forbid the piece, with CEO and team resident Mark Murphy and said the Tush -Push was bad for the game.

There is no skill involved and it is almost automatically first down on plays of a garden or less, Murphy added. We have to go back to ban the push of the runner. This would reduce the traditional QB -Sneak. That worked reasonably well for Bart Starr and the packers in the Ice Bowl (in 1967).

The Rule proposal suggests That the rules change to prohibit an attacking player to push a teammate who was immediately drawn up behind the snapper and receives the Snap immediately at the Snap.

Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott one of the three coaches in the Competition Act committee said that the Packers proposal takes away the power of the piece and prioritizing players.

Traditional Quarterback sneaks have been around for a long time, he told reporters on Monday. I think that's the context, that's important. Then you know that the pushing of it adds the force piece, which is again, I think that will clean up my concern exponentially.

As one of the more controversial plays in the NFL, public opinions seem to be divided over the future of the Tush -Push.

While many coaches and front office members have not responded publicly, those who are divided about whether it should remain an important part of a coach playbook.

McDermott said that the discussion is primarily about the safety corner of the Tush -Push, while he also admits that his team will continue to run a form of the piece if it is not banned.

Where it gave me the most, although there are no significant data so far, my greatest care is the health and safety of the players, primarily, McDermott said. The power, added strength and then the attitude of the players, who is asked to perform that kind of game, that is where my concern comes in.

Head coach Mike Tomlin of Pittsburgh Steelers said there was not enough statistical evidence to suggest that there was an injury period with regard to the Tush -Push, but said that he and his colleagues listen to the experts.

First-year New York Jet's head coach Aaron Glenn admitted that he was admitted against the Tush-Push to take much of his defensive planning.

They have done a good job by making a play that is difficult to stop. For me, if I go back now, I am in my defensive coaching mentality, my job is to stop that piece, Glenn told reporters. I think I'll answer it that way. My job is to stop that game. So anyway, there will be a piece that comes out. It will be difficult to stop. And it is our job to stop that game.

When the packers first submitted their proposal, Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni called it a bit unfair that teams wanted to take a play with them since they had spent so many hours perfecting.

I almost feel a bit offended because we work so hard on that piece, he said. The amount of things we have looked at how they can coach that game, the basic principles. There are a thousand games there, but it comes down to how you learn the basic principles and how the players continue and do the foundations.

Sirianni continued: I can't tell you how often we practice the Snap, we practice the game that it is an automatic thing, we really work, very hard and our boys are talented in this piece. It is a bit offensive to say it was good, so it's automatic.