10 NFL Rules You Didn’t Know Existed

NFL rules you didn't even know existed in football.
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While the NFL has this perception that it is nothing more than a brutish and sort of modern gladiator league-there is actually a surprising amount of nuance and strategy that goes into playing the game.
Not just from a strategy perspective, but also staying within the confines of its intricate and extensive rule book.
Let’s take a look at 10 of the NFL’s most obscure rules that I’d bet you didn’t even know existed!
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[@matthewmalone2246]

The ball between the QB's legs rule is no more because of that game. A lot of coaches and managers were complaining about that rule.

[@ewdtrey]

Saw it called in a game that worked against the Jags when they were playing the titans. The NFL didn't care then.

[@shmitober8764]

I was gonna say you could hike it between a quarterback's legs and the defense couldn't recover. you could technically burn an entire quarter of time, so makes sense

[@ThePrufessa]

Hike it between your face

[@perish.dieeven.3941]

That my good sir is the purpose of the palpably unfair rule.

[@RiddlerQM]

The drop kick rule reminds me of when Michael Dickson did a drop kick for a kickoff because sebastian janikowski got hurt going for a long field goal.

[@oklahomahank2378]

The one point safety has occurred in college football at least twice. Both times the defense blocked an extra point, recovers it, retreated into their end zone and were tackled there.

[@icyballerj5857]

Bro how

[@oklahomahank2378]

@@icyballerj5857 A try after a touchdown is blocked. The defense recovers the ball in the field of play. The defender who recovered the ball retreats into his own end zone and is tackled there. One point safety for the kicking team and some punishment stadium runs for the player.

[@bobbob465]

While it is a 1-point (defensive) safety, it's not the interesting one as it ultimately results in a 7th point to go with the touchdown. Making the PAT kick has the same result. What is described in this video, as well as Jon Bois in the Scorigami video, is something so much harder to accomplish, the 1 point offensive safety.

[@oklahomahank2378]

@@bobbob465 Yes, you are right. As far as I know that has never happened in college or the NFL. A more likely way it could happen than the way he describes is, blocked PAT, defense picks it up and returns it but fumbles in the field of play. Offense picks it up, retreats into the end zone, and is tackled there.

[@pdmayton]

It has occurred on several occasions actually, but mostly at small colleges, like Div 3, but it has occurred three times with big colleges. One of the announcers happened to be present at two of those. Good KZbin video of all of the recorded occasions.

[@JohnSmith-oe5kx]

The answer to your question at 3:00 about drop kicks is that it was a lot more useful before the NFL banned kicks beyond the line of scrimmage. The CFL, like rugby, allows a kick at any time, so a player in the open field could try a drop kick for points rather than attempt to beat a defender.

[@peterroberts1132]

I referee football here in the UK and was at the Panthers - Bucs game in 2019 in London for the fair catch FK attempt. I was left scratching my head as I had no idea the rule existed, as it doesn't exist in the college game

[@bengoacher4455]

A drop kick may be effective if there was a miss snap during a field goal attempt, or even during a normal play. Instead of turning over the ball, or losing yards they could get 3 points.

[@gkiltz0]

have always thought that the drop-kick should be a 4-point field goal

[@ashotofwhiskey219]

4:50 - Funny that Seattle is pictured there, because Kam Chancellor was notorious for this.

[@denisbeaudoin4618]

The jumping over the line was started by Seattle and (I think) cam chancellor did it a few times… not the patriots… but it’s clear he wanted to try bringing up the pats as much as he could in this video lol

[@stephenjacks8196]

Rugby kickers are taught to kick for the "coffin corners": 5x5 yard corners of the playing field. It pins a receiver and if not fielded bounces inbounds then out of bounds at the 2yd line. And a chance at a Safety.

[@ShrillCC]

Ahhhhhh the tuck rule a classic

[@markipleur]

Fun fact: people call the Tuck Rule something Brady made but it was around about 4 years before brady came into the league😂

[@makomadns4]

@@markipleur Infact Bill knew it was probably coming back to the Pats because the tuck rule got called while the Patriots were on defense against the Jets at the beginning of the season. The Jets got the ball back but it wasn’t the odd rule that made that game memorable, it also just happened to be the game Brady was put in for an injured Drew Bledsoe.

[@markipleur]

@Luke Sanchez don't give a shit

[@DiabloSpiritus]

@Luke Sanchez It hurts you...

[@emma12345678961]

The rule stood until 2013 and was only effected a couple of times since the infamous game. I still don't get the call in 2002...Go Pats! 😀

[@gkiltz0]

Glad to hear that the NFL DOES have something functionally similar to baseball's "Travesty of the game" rule

[@iamgoated6785]

5:37 tough 🥶🥶 RIP Sean Taylor

[@darthtourette7017]

I love how the Bears are such an enigma that they are the cause of many of these rules

[@danielbowden2401]

The one point safety is not as rare as you said. The NCAA rules have the one point safety and as an official, I have called it twice and know of others who have made the call. On an extra point, the offence fumbles the ball near the goal line in the field of play, the defense recovers the ball and steps back into his own endzone where he is tackled. One point safety!

[@slimmyhendrix94]

Ur not an official, shutup

[@joeylawn36111]

A sideline player once did come on the field to tackle an opposing player. Happened in a college game back in the '50's - Alabama vs Rice 1954 Cotton Bowl. A Rice player was running for a long touchdown when a 'Bama player came off the sideline to tackle him. The Rice player was rightfully awarded a touchdown. Also, a 1-point safety has also happened in at least 2 college football games.

[@zork999]

In the 1973 ISU/OSU (Oklahoma State) game an ISU player (Buddy Hardeman) was free, running down the sidelines when suddenly he was down and everyone was "Uh, what just happened?". An OSU player (Deacon Stephens) standing on the sidelines came out and tackled him. We were awarded the 73-yard touchdown but I don't know if the OSU player was ejected.

[@edwardmoline6129]

The one point safety happened to me in madden that’s how I knew that rule

[@derpcreamcone]

I’ve seen the double timeout happen at least twice this last season

[@acekillzbgoe4108]

This video was great! You're not such a clown now Biondo! 🤣

[@drath5679]

I love the idea of making the drop kick worth more points...

[@oliverphippen1957]

How do you like the extra point being moved back ????

[@Terrell070]

I think Arena Football did that. One more point for a field goal or extra point if it was a drop kick instead of a place kick.

[@JohnSmith-oe5kx]

Or make the drop kick more useful by permitting it to be made at any time, i.e. beyond the line of scrimmage, as in rugby. The CFL still has that rule, even if it is rarely used. restricting kicks to the backfield is lame.

[@penguinrea0088]

Great videos tps

[@Terrell070]

Didn't know about the ball between QB's legs rule. I've seen some of the others but not the 1 point safety or the palpably unfair act. There have been a few drop kicks on kickoffs since Flutie's PAT drop kick. Seattle did it a few times, so have others. It might be interesting if there was a benefit to the drop kick. I doubt they'll remove the rule.

[@johnsilcox8]

I think the benefit to the drop kick used to be that you could try it at any point during a play from anywhere on the field, similar rugby. Not sure why they took that part out but left in that you could still do a drop kick during a scrimmage kick.

[@Terrell070]

@@johnsilcox8 I don't know why they took out the open-field kick in American Football either. In the distant past kickers weren't specialists, so I don't think it's the kickers. It's still allowed in Canadian Football. Canadian Football also has a larger field & requires that kicks into the end zone be returned beyond the receiving team's goal line, or the kicking team gets a rouge (1 point). Doesn't sound like much but it could mean that that last drive needs to end in a touchdown rather than being able win or force OT with a field goal.

[@gawesomeg5746]

I clicked faster than the Jaguars drafting Trevor Lawrence.

[@nicolasc.4547]

Actually they took like 8 minutes and everyone already knew they were picking him

[@HealwaysRemembers.]

@@nicolasc.4547 why’d they take so long?

[@nicolasc.4547]

@@HealwaysRemembers. i don't know tbh

[@iluvmarleyd9009]

Bro they to long

[@Coolidentidy]

@@HealwaysRemembers. trevor said in an interview that the jaguars staff called him and told him he was getting picked but the nfl asked them not to announce it immediately, to stall a bit . I suppose probably to create suspense and speculation that maybe the jags were up to something

[@stephenjacks8196]

Rugby lateral passes are often attempted to extend a last play. Russel Wilson has lateralled while on the run. Rugby actually allows for drop kick while on the run to score a goal. I can also dropkick and recover the ball myself.

[@whisperecho7815]

The Packers also tried the free kick in a game against the Lions in 2008, after getting the ball on a fair catch with one second left in the half, almost made a 69-yard attempt (would've been good from 67, possibly 68). It's definitely not going to come up much, but I'm a little surprised we don't see it at least occasionally -- you'd think a team with a reliable kicker would at least be aware of the rule and have a plan for this just in case they end up in that situation.

[@marcisdoell9925]

Tom Brady during the AFC championship vs the Colts "So anyway I started deflating"

[@HealwaysRemembers.]

😂😂

[@jasonwebb1882]

Lol. Kinda old but you get a pass..... I really don't like him and it pains me to say this. I always thought it was the system that Bill ran that made Tom. Last year with him going to Tampa, I just knew that he was going to be exposed. Well he was exposed really well. Well enough that Bill should be fired at New England. He helped Tampa beat my Saints and yeah, I'm still crying. Ol

[@jcore0981]

@@jasonwebb1882 Bill should get fired for having one bad season where his veteran qb left, most pieces of his defense opted out. Lost some to free agency including Van Noy, had his starting qb get covid week 4, had his offense piss the game away with turn overs? Yeah it's his fault Newton either fumbled or threw an interception.

[@markrush8080]

@@jcore0981 bill has had 2 good seasons without Brady over his entire head coaching career he got fired for having 5 out of 6 losing seasons in Cleveland and when he had drew Bledsoe as started they went 5-11 and then started 0-2 the next season and then after Brady got injured in 2008 they went from an undefeated team the previous year to 11-5 and now they went 7-9 without Brady while Brady just won his 7th super bowl

[@jcore0981]

@@markrush8080 Cool so helped the Giants have a crazy dominant defense helping them win 2 sbs. Before 2020 was the last head coach to win a playoff game with Cleveland. Had a winning record with Matt fucking Cassel. And 2020 is a dumb fucking example. Wow a coach that lost 90% of why he succeeded in 2019 didn't do well. No shit.

[@tyvulpintaur2732]

Re: consecutive time-outs, Gibbs was most likely unaware of the rule change that occurred between his first stint as coach of Washington and his return. During his first stint, such time-outs were legal.

[@dnflp3871]

Love the videos

[@rpc717]

"A nonplayer shall not commit an act which is palpably unfair." It's in the rulebook, but it's the predominant MO of incompetent and palpably unfair officials every single week. That's some thick irony.

[@TheMaddenComebackKid]

With regards to drop kicks, I actually think it would make sense if your kicker gets hurt. If a kicker gets hurt and can't return to the game, what are your options? 1) try to find someone on your team who used to be a kicker? 2) hope that you have a backup kicker who's active that day? 3) attempt 2 point conversions each time, and get screwed if you miss one or two? I think it makes much more sense to train a punter to be good at drop kicks just in case the kicker gets injured, than risk missing every PAT/2pt attempt.

[@Eddieavina123]

Love your video

[@natesarfo]

Here’s an idea if the Drop kick method is so hard... how bout we make it a 4-pt reward if successful

[@JxsonKing]

I only knew about the one point safety and the back-to-back timeout rule

[@robertmittoniii5427]

If you do a follow up video, you should talk about the extraordinarily unfair act rule

[@euanmcsparran1130]

Surprised nobody has tried a drop kick in the Pro Bowl

[@tygrkhat4087]

The clip of Drew Brees attempting a dropkick at 2:52 is in the Pro Bowl.

[@mahadaalvi]

Ben Rothlesberger has done many drop kicks. This guy needs to check his facts before rushing to upload a video for ad revenue

[@euanmcsparran1130]

@@mahadaalvi never even noticed. We’re Ben’s for PATs though bc I’m just assuming that’s what they mean. I play rugby so I’m quite surprised that they aren’t attempted more often

[@euanmcsparran1130]

were*

[@DFWGrapher]

@@mahadaalvi Roethlisberger has not attempted a drop kick. Those are punts-- typically what they call a quick kick as it's often done by surprise by a quarterback on a third-and-impossible situation.

[@Refereeussoccer]

I love the dropkick. As a former goalkeeper, I didn't use it much, but it was in my arsenal of kicks/punts. It is used in soccer especially in a windy game to get better control and direction on the kick. I agree that it should be brought back and be worth 2 points if attempted as a try after a touchdown and worth 4 if attempted as a "field goal." Heck, there should be an NFL rule that gives more points for field goals taken from further away , similar to three-point-shots in basketball. ie: 3 points if

[@Terrell070]

NFL Europe had a 4 point field goal rule for field goals beyond 50 yards.

[@toledoseahawks3348]

The Ball between the QBs legs rule was removed from the rulebook in 2008.

[@jthiel0711]

That "Butt Fumble" jersey in the background LOL

[@tevinfw]

That fair catch kick could be a feasible strategy for the team with a superb kicker amongst two who both have top 2 defenses but piss poor offenses. Occasionally, those games can have a total score of less than 20 points. A field goal or two could be the difference if the kick is timed properly enough to not tire out your defense too much or too early. That would take balls and unconditional confidence in your defense, though.

[@dilthanas]

fair catch at the Harbaugh Bowl, John realised the possibility

[@oliverphippen1957]

A punt instead of a kick off ?????

[@3ggshe11s]

Yeah, I knew all these. Fun fact: In rugby, the team scored against always kicks off.

[@goodmaro]

Except in sevens. That was originally Hong Kong rules only.

[@hassanbrooks3209]

The one point Safety can also happen if a extra point is blocked and the other team recovers it runs out the endzone and runs back in then gets tacked

[@MichaelGonzalez-hd7kk]

I remember a Seahawks/Lions MNF game a few seasons ago were the Seahawk player batted the ball out of the back of the end zone after a bad snap to prevent the Lions from falling on the ball for a go ahead touchdown. There was no penalties called let alone a 1 point safety and the Lions lost that game in OT I believe.

[@gavghag6109]

Nah, Kam Chancellor punched the ball out of Calvin Johnsons arm and then KJ Wright flicked the ball out of bounds. He did screw up because he could have easily just grabbed it or fell on it. Instead the Lions got a touch back and lost the game because of it

[@slimmyhendrix94]

@@gavghag6109 no, the Seahawks got a touchback. Dip shyt

[@Kylora2112]

There have been 6 successful fair catch kicks made in NFL history, the last by Ray Wersching (Chargers) in 1976 from 45 yards. Since then, there have been 9 attempts, and only Rob Bironas in 2005 (58) was from within 60 yards. Mark Mosley attempted at 74 yard FCK in 1979. Not uncommon...just uncommon for them to actually *work*. I've seen illegal leverage called a few times; the rest of the stuff is either in response to/to prevent abusive acts...the "no consecutive timeouts" rule was because of how stupid icing the kicker got in the early 2000s. Joe Gibbs was just the only coach stupid enough to not remember it existed. Drop kicks exist because reasons (and maybe make them worth 2/6 points if attempted as a conversion attempt/down play), but EVERYONE knows the Doug Flutie play. Palpably unfair acts are for interfering with a scoring opportunity (Mike Tomlin) or repeatedly committing penalties to manipulate the clock (The infamous Ravens vs. Bengals "everyone hold until the clock runs out" play happened the year before that was added).

[@christaaffe8251]

Kylie, how did you research that? I ask because i need your excellent source: I'm trying to research how many receivers have caught a TD on their very FIRST NFL play as my college friend David Knight did for the Jets.

[@LIONSFAN4227]

I love TPS

[@dr.zionsson]

Never stop making these -pops

[@nicolasc.4547]

Look at Dr Zion man, so inspirational

[@emma12345678961]

Ahhhh...palpably...great word. Jason Biondo somehow (🤔) forgot the best known palpably penalty in resent time! But then again it was against his Jets when the strength coach tripping a Dolphins player.

[@riverstratton4477]

I remember it happening back in the 60s the runner was running down the side line when Don Meredith stuck out his tripped the guy, he never lived that one down. "TURN OUT THE LIGHTS THE PARTY'S OVER"

[@goodmaro]

The one you called "between the quarterback's legs rule" was abolished before this KZbin even was posted, and it was never about being between the quarterback's legs. It was a rule that said that if you extended hands in position to receive the snap, the ball couldn't be snapped to any other player, and you had to be first to touch it.

[@moopert86]

Double punt. If you watched the Rams Seahawks game in prime time, you were wondering how the hell that was legal

[@danielbowden2401]

The kick is not a kick until it crosses the scrimmage line, so there was only one kick by rule on the play.

[@jonnybaze7449]

Why didn’t teams on the kicking end just put a player in the backfield and just throw a shoulder as hard as they could into the player jumping the snapper while in the air? No one would try it again.

[@cptsparklfingerz9210]

The drop kick should definitely be worth 6 points. It's the hardest scoring play in the game so seeing it more often would be cool. But it's amazing how very few people know that gridiron football is just another version of football sports, like association football, rugby, etc. The original game was practically soccer.

[@ThePulmentinum]

There were speculations that sbli might have featured a fair catch kick after the last punt by the Falcons was fair caught by Edelman.

[@davidhawkins3031]

Isaiah 41:10 (NIV) "So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

[@gabrspanksmen]

I think if Jason Meyers (Seahawks kicker) got hurt than Michael Dickson would be his backup and have more success with a drop kick than a placekick. So there’s that

[@Eimi.Signo.]

Dickson has made 60 yard drop kicks in practice apparently.

[@chronikuad]

the one point safety surprised me. I assumed teams would get 2 points for that regardless. and the ball between the QB's legs rule sounds too weird to be true.what could be the point of that?

[@troyc4250]

Not a Raiders fan but that Tuck Rule is still suspect to me. Shady stuff imo.

[@makomadns4]

It was a crap rule, just like some of the tacking and catching rules are today. But it was still a rule and was called correctly.

[@NegroMan445]

Michael Dickson did a drop kick for the Seahawks when sebas was hurt

[@mikeglasgow6656]

I clicked on the video for information. WHAT I got was a guy that just drank 4 POTS OF COFFEE.

[@eliztim]

The only ones I knew were the 1-point safety and the one where a guy jumps over the center to block the kick

[@daltiejul]

2 pts for a drop kick on an extra point maybe even 4 points for a successful drop kick opposed to a FG would be fun and add to some other possibilities just more fun overall!?!

[@JohnSmith-oe5kx]

The drop kick does not "date back to a prehistoric version of gridiron football." The drop kick in the open field (beyond the line of scrimmage) is still legal in the Canadian game, so it relates to a current version of "gridiron football". If you want to refer to a "prehistoric version of American football", i.e. before they made the lame decision to ban kicks past the line of scrimmage, go ahead.

[@JC55113]

Do the best current players in the NFL who would have a better or worse career in a different team

[@marine-kj4ct]

First dropkick was 17 days after Pearl Harbor was bombed

[@fredbrewer796]

FYI BB wasn't exactly rubbing it in with the drop kick since it was a meaningless game that the Pats had pretty much lost, but it was Flute's last game so why not.

[@Crazyy630]

Every team draft grade for the 2021 draft

[@ibnalqadhi]

How about a video of teams that never played each other’s or least played? Or schedule bound to be ? Frequency or rarity ?

[@Kylora2112]

In the NFL, the longest is every 4 years for inter-conference games (rotating which division your team plays against), 8 years if home/away matters.

[@CastleMile]

Here's a joke, Question: Why can't Cam Newton use the phone anymore? Answer: Because he can't find the receiver.

[@WLLM-yq4ov]

Lol

[@yuhuhbumdum5671]

So funny

[@joshkonery8440]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@vincenzopinto702]

Ummmm, this joke may have worked 20 years ago, but now…..not soo much

[@tasshajgutierrez7506]

I agree with the dropkick rule.

[@MBarrueta]

Day 31 of suggesting undrafted player of the year in the 2010’s

[@Nick-or1tq]

Yes!!

[@bananaduck8068]

You’ll get it one day

[@devontemackey5540]

I see this everyday and I wanna se this happen

[@jgdalegend9370]

It would have been James Robinson

[@PNWRideAlongs]

I'd say Doug Baldwin

[@stephenjacks8196]

Seahawks Sherman used the other teams long snapper as jumping off point.

[@ChefDank1]

Drop kicks can be good.. If u r like 3rd and 25 or more.. The qb can kick it so its beyond any receiver.. Really long punt

[@arimermelstein9167]

That’s not the only way a 1 point safety can be scored. It can also be a blocked kick or interception recovered by the defense and then brought back into the end zone. The offense scores 1 point. It’s less hilarious because it just amounts to the same as if they made the PAT to begin with.

[@shawnbopko858]

I think that the hard hitting agrsive tackle face mask should be stander if they let it go then the players get hurt

[@lathairromero3434]

Some of these rules are in the HS rule book, like the fair catch kick

[@Jefff72]

I learned that the CFL has the onside punt.

[@xonsightx]

In between the legs was nuts.

[@wayneegli8379]

Eliminate the 15-yard PAT and line up at the 3 for either a drop kick or 2-pt conversion. And yes, I know the 2-pt conversion is currently from the 2 yd line.

[@goldenlemon4547]

4:59 I knew that was a rule cuz in madden it won't let ya do it twice in a row

[@robrinva9561]

"half the distance" penalties; specifically, when there is insufficient yardage for the full penalty. They should just assess as much yardage as they can and put the ball on the one. Half the distance only makes sense when the distance to the goal line is greater than 20 yards -- if the whole point of a "half the distance" penalty is to send a message, such as an extreme player safety violation. Helmet-to-helmet targeting would be a great half the distance penalty.

[@markdaniel8740]

It appears that the defense did not rush the drop kick, and nobody blocked. If you have a kicker, you don't have to worry about a bad snap or blocked kick.

[@simondewitt7161]

I can see a reason to not accept the ball after a score and kick it back to the other team. Say it was late in a game, you were up by maybe 3 scores and you were short offensive players due to a mix of injuries and possibly something like Covid. It might be more beneficial to just kick it deep and give your defense 75 yards to defend rather than risk practice squad players screwing around and risking a punt block or random fumble.

[@somone1437]

thats why its an option

[@agphillipsyou2b]

Drop kick allows another protective blocker with no one needing to hold.

[@ChaChemoney]

Yoooooo he got long hair now!

[@ChimeraActual]

Drop kicks allow a player to kick a field goal when, say his holder fumbles the ball, or when a successful pass or run is impossible. Yeah, hasn't happened, ever.

[@flaganoid6983]

"even the dead hard fans might not know this one the one point safety" me: I DO KNOW IT LMAO

[@paulmeade4862]

I'm a little confused, is the 1 point safety different between NFL and college football? He described it a little different than I thought the college rule was. I always thought it was cool though that the same announcer called two of these plays

[@RoyalMela]

Both teams can get 1 point safety. Kicking teams has been awarded 1 point twice, but never for the defensive team. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKGXhZiGadeqZtU Here the kicking team is awarded a safety. To get defensive team scoring a safety the ball would have to travel all the way to the other end, kicking team player getting the ball into possession in the field of play and then going into own end zone and getting tackled there. Or somehow muffing the ball out of the end zone. That would take the ball 90 yards backwards.

[@shanejones8884]

You’re wrong on the one-point safety. The two times I’ve seen it which were both in college games, the try was blocked and the defense came out of the end zone went back in and was tackled for a safety

[@johnsilcox8]

I think he was saying there's two versions of a one point safety. The type you are referring to which has happened in college, but also one where the kicking team would have to lose 90 yards and someone get tackled in their endzone. Which also means it is theoretically possible for a team to score just a single point in a football game.

[@raymondnellis3277]

i knew all of them except kicking off after you score and fumble between qbs legs

[@truckermikemct1]

Is that you,Charlie, from "Sunny in Philly"?

[@brsportsandgaming2552]

Another crazy rule (even though it is known) is the out of bounds goal line fumble rule. Meaning if you fumble out of bounds and its in the endzone the other team gets the ball and its a touchback.

[@RoyalMela]

It is a good rule. Take care of the football or risk losing it. And this also makes it very risky to try and fumble the ball into endzone for an easy touchdown.

[@ewdtrey]

It's crazy until you think about what the options are. All options are kind of wack.

[@davidhawkins3031]

@@ewdtrey John 3:16 “for God so loved the world he sacrificed his one and only son” put your faith in God!!

[@davidhawkins3031]

@@RoyalMela John 3:16 “for God so loved the world he sacrificed his one and only son” put your faith in God!!

[@fernandotomasino7517]

I hated the patriots since the Tuck Rule

[@SirChaosS]

the NFL rule i hate the most, (though it does make a kind of sense) is if the ball goes out of bounds in the endzone that scores a TD it's automatically a touchback for the defense.

[@JJforShie1]

OMG I know. I also hate all rules when enforced against my favorite team. Stupid rules.

[@jdmikeg4]

I’m going to attempt 1 point safety in Madden on my next extra point attempt…

[@aprilligtenberg2941]

5 rules you should make in nfl

[@natedennis7675]

Day 39 of asking do every teams most consistent position

[@chuckhepler4157]

The double time out rule was called this year. I was watching the game

[@kylespratt4072]

Yup lions lol

[@bobthomson3632]

With the ball in between the qbs leg why don’t thy just do it intentionally to drain the clock?

[@kylespratt4072]

Lions did the timeout thing this season haha

[@gabrspanksmen]

One point safety, I know that exists, don’t know if it’s in the video yet

[@imjustnasty6808]

The defense can get a one point safety by blocking a pat then going back into their end zone and being tackled.

[@chrisb2136]

There’s a lot of rules in the league