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Approved rules 2026 Approved Playing Rules Summary By Competition Committee; to permit the kicking team to declare an onside kick at any time during the game. By Competition Committee; to eliminate the kicking team's incentive to intentionally kick the ball out of bounds when kicking off from the 50-yard line. By Competition Committee; to modify the kickoff alignment requirements for the receiving team players in the setup zone. 4-A. By Competition Committee; to allow League personnel to consult with on-field officials when considering disqualifications for both flagrant football acts and non-football acts without being called on the field. By Competition Committee; for one year only, to allow the NFL Officiating department to correct clear and obvious mistakes made by on-field officials that impact the game, in the event that there is a work stoppage involving the game officials represented by the NFL Referees Association. 2026 Approved Bylaws Summary By Competition Committee; amends Article XVII, Section 17.1 of the Constitution and Bylaws to permit the League office to adjust the procedures and related dates and deadlines for the final roster reduction to accommodate an international game scheduled in the first week of the regular season. By Competition Committee; amends Article XVII, Section 18.1 (B) of the Constitution and Bylaws to establish the Saturday and Sunday of Labor Day weekend as business days to provide clubs with personnel notices during the first weekend after the roster reduction. By Competition Committee; to permit players on Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform to begin a 21-day practice period after the club's second game of the regular season. By Pittsburgh; to make permanent the change implemented during the 2025 season that permits clubs to have one video or phone call with no more than five prospective Unrestricted Free Agent during the Two-Day Negotiation Period, and to permit clubs to make travel arrangements with such players upon agreeing to terms. https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-announces-new-playing-rules-bylaws-resolutions-for-2026

His biggest issue now is health, he seems to get nicked up and takes a whole, because of age, takes longer to heal. Last season he was never really healthy.

Perhaps.... https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48344034/nfl-begin-hiring-replacement-officials-given-state-negotiations-nfl-referees-association NFL owners are "alarmed" by the state of negotiations with the NFL Referees Association and have authorized staff members to begin hiring and onboarding replacement officials in the coming weeks, league sources said Sunday at the start of the league meetings. The NFL began compiling a list of college-level officials to recruit earlier this month, and owners are expected this week to approve a sweeping set of replay enhancements to support replacement officials in preseason and regular-season games. A league source said that training of the new replacement officials will begin May 1. According to a source, once that happens, "The opportunity to reach an agreement with our current union becomes a bigger challenge, just from simple economics." That effectively leaves about a month for the sides to bridge what league sources said are wide gaps in their proposals, from economics to the seasonal structure of the job.

My biggest problem with him is his thinking he can bring the best out of anyone and, make them better. Whether it was an injured player who had very little success in college but has all of the measurable, or coaches past their prime, or have little to no experience. It caught up to him last year, no depth, tight cap, poor performance, regression un some cases. I look forward to seeing how this new coaching staff, works. Good or bad, the change was needed, much like when Billick's time was up

I know they did last year, adding two void years to lower his salary to just over a mil, saving them $13 mil last year. Not sure about this year

He is still a solid tackler, shoot, use him around the line of scrimmage as they do Hamilton, let him cover tight ends

Lot of pre draft buzz about trading Humphrey during the draft. Sure, he has slowed down, had a bad year last season and is turning 30, soon. However, aside from him, there is a lot of youth in the secondary, safeties & corners. Figure they will draft a couple of corners and even with Hamilton, who is experienced, is still young himself. 30 is old for a runningback, a wide out, but not necessarily for a corner. Hopefully they will rework his deal and he will be willing, since he will likely lose his starting spot. He is a great teammate, and would add good, experienced depth this team may need.

Well, with him, he has lost a few steps and wants to be paid as if he were still a spring chicken

Not that I am aware of, usually after the 1st week of free agency, things slow down for players and teams. Players are trying to find the best money & situation, teams, the right player at the right price. After the draft things will pick up as teams fill holes the draft couldnt.

They've had a number of players in, just not signed them, likely because they wanted too much money, Dj Reader the latest.

Too early, the team let alot of their backups walk, they just were not panning out. Sure, Lindy and Likely were not Backups per se, but, Lindy had his limits. Good leadership, but, as we've covered before, he made a lot of mistakes. Likely, great potential, even made some really great plays, but his big toe, his fumble at the goal line, his fumble in the endzone, all 3, would have not just changed the momentum of a game, they would have won games and changed the outcome of seasons. The rest, Urban may be back, but he is aging. The others will be relatively easy to replace.

Yes, it would be nice to have the calls on the field reviewed every flag, instant. But that is just posturing by the league as they try to negotiate a new deal with the officials, whose contract runs out in May. The kicking rules are simple but stupid, teams found a loop whole in the rules that by kicking the ball out of bounds, inside the kicking zone, the ball goes to the 20 or 25, not the 35. By allowing teams to kickoff from the 50, I guess they figure teams will squib kick to the kicking zone and have a better chance at a real short return. I aint buying it. The formations, meh, muchadoaboutnothing

Oh if he is there, yeah, he would be a great pick, big, physical mauler willing to move to guard

At their meetings next week 1) announce onside kick at any time during the game 2) let teams kickoff from the 50 to try and entice them to not kick the ball out of bounds 3) modify the formation of the receiving team in the kicking zone 4)Allow league personnel to consult with on-field officials when considering disqualifications for both flagrant football acts and non-football acts without being called onto the field. 5) For 2026 only, allow the NFL Officiating Department to correct clear and obvious misses by on-field officials that impact the game in the event of a work stoppage involving officials represented by the NFL Referees Association. https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-2026-rule-change-proposals-competition-committee/

On this papa & I agree 100%, never draft a rb in the 1st. If Love does fall, trade out, there will be plenty of suitors