Tuesday brought about a number of rule changes to be enforced starting in 2025. Among them are an expansion to the use of replay assist, along with a tweak to the overtime format. 
It was known well in advance of this week’s league meetings that consideration would be given to broadening the use of replay assist. To no surprise, then, the league has committed to doing so. Expanded use of video replay to help on-field officials was experimented with in 2024, and that will continue next year, as detailed by NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero.
As a result, penalties issued for calls such as roughing the passer, intentional grounding and unnecessary roughness are now subject to review (without a coach’s challenge being needed). Video officials can correct calls by nullifying penalties when clear evidence overturning the original decision exists. With that said, today’s changes do not allow for penalties to be issued upon review for plays where no flag is thrown.
The NFL recently amended playoff overtime rules to ensure both teams receive the ball at least once in the extra frame. That change brought about the expectation it would soon be duplicated in the regular season. Indeed, Dianna Russini of The Athletic notes both teams will have possession even in the event of a touchdown being scored by one of them in regular season contests.
In spite of that tweak, OT during the regular season will still consist of a 10- (rather than 15-) minute quarter. That could result in time constraints for the second team to receive the ball depending on how long the first team’s touchdown drive lasts. Nonetheless, the result of the coin toss at the beginning of the extra frame will carry less weight in the wake of today’s change.
These two changes come on the same day that the NFL’s dynamic kickoff was approved on a full-time basis (with touchbacks being moved up five yards to encourage further upticks in the rate of returns). Consideration to amending onside kicks will take place later this offseason; the same is also true of the tush push play.
The NFL should ban the Tush Push or allow the defense and special teams allowed to Tush Push back. Also I hate the NFL when changing rules for one side but not the other. Take away the Tush Push because we aren’t playing Ruby we play American Football!!! Is the NFL should be known as the No Fun League?
If you can’t stop it ban it. Terrible take,by a person who cannot spell rugby. The tush push has been run by every backed up quarterback in his own end zone on the 1 inch line, in NFL history. Ruby don’t give your opinion again.
JR–Maybe he has a girlfriend named Ruby who likes it rough. Just saying.
No. It’s a good play and it’s nobody’s business that they can’t stop it.
need to get rid of ties
Yea. Ties are dumb. We out here betting on adults cool with a tie. Gtfoh
Never! The occasional tie is glorious.
Why not include reviews for phantom holding calls that don’t even have any effect on the play?
bc it will make the refs look bad. got to protect the shield
No. Because “phantom” holding isn’t
What happens if the receiving team runs down the clock to 0:00 and kicks a field goal? Does the other team only get a kick return? Or a single play?
Very few drives in an average game are ten minutes. More often than not there will be time left. If nothing else they get one untimed down.
You don’t get an untimed down unless there is a penalty against the defense on the last play of the quarter.
The NFL keeps changing the OT rules because “It’s All About The Quarterback!” and that creates another problem where one didn’t exist.
Where is overtime rules about the quarterback?
How about no clock on each team’s first possession in OT? Still have the play clock running, but no game clock.
After that, if the game remains tied, then go to a 15 minute game clock.
Another mashup of college rules and NFL rules that deserves to be binned.
They could have sold tribunal merch. All I’m saying.
#1 need is restoring a competitive onside kick.
Why fix a problem, when you do about 10% of a fix every two years, and walk it back if some specific team doesn’t benefit?
Challenges are limited, anyway. Might as well make awarding of a penalty on replay possible if the play is going to be reviewed. Seems silly to have, say, an obvious face mask on a critical play and the screen cutting to some ref telling a coach, “Hey man, I saw it too, but y’know, the rules.”
Expanded replay is annoying and terrible.
So you don’t like correct calls?
Facemask better be part of the expanded replay those are clear and obvious. The roughness calls are still going to create some controversy.
Let’s also add more ‘times outs’ and ‘do-overs’ but less ‘not fairies’