We Will Rewrite the Rules of Football!
The MMQB NFL Podcast
SI NFL
3.9 • 944 Ratings
🗓️ 15 December 2021
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
More specifically, Jenny, Conor and Gary each write—or change, or eliminate—one rule in the NFL that will make the sport we love into a sport we love more.
We saw it done in light of the Kenny Pickett “fake slide” move in the ACC title game—the rule banning it was in place less than a week later. So it’s time to get out in front of a few other things. Conor delves into the evils of the onside kick, and looks to the Alliance of American Football to improve upon it. Gary asks that you expand your mind, and reconsider how we administer penalties in light of down and distance—does the first-down marker really have to stay fixed in place like the North Star? And finally, Jenny wants more points for some kicks, but fewer points for others, and it doesn’t matter if it creates a nightmare scenario for indecisive coaches.
Do you have a good rule-change suggestion? Even better, do you have a bad one? Email themmqb@gmail.com or tweet at @GGramling_SI, @JennyVrentas or @ConorOrr
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| 0:00.0 | All right now allow me to set the scene here. It's the ACC title game |
| 0:08.1 | Pitt is playing Wake Forest. It is early on no score. Pitt has the ball. |
| 0:13.4 | Kenny Pickett is her quarterback. |
| 0:15.1 | You might know Kenny Pickett as a first round draft prospect. |
| 0:18.2 | He was a Heisman candidate, really good player, |
| 0:20.7 | really cerebral player, some might say. So on this play, he has taken off on a |
| 0:27.2 | scramble. He is about 15 yards downfield when he flies into this sort of unique type of approach. |
| 0:35.0 | His left foot starts to kick out and his right foot starts to kind of drag behind him. |
| 0:40.0 | He leans back as if he is going to slide, but it's a fake. It is a fake slide. |
| 0:47.0 | He never goes down. He pops back up and runs the remaining 40 yards for the first touchdown of the game. |
| 0:56.2 | Now that's all well and good. |
| 0:57.4 | It was an exciting play. |
| 0:58.6 | Everyone enjoyed it on social media, but five days later, |
| 1:02.4 | the fake slide had been outlawed. |
| 1:05.0 | Hello and welcome to the MMQB NFL podcast. |
| 1:08.0 | I'm Gary Gremlin. |
| 1:09.0 | I'm Jenny Rrentus. |
| 1:11.0 | And I'm Connor Orr. And guys, today we are going to get ahead of such |
| 1:16.8 | moments and we are going to make our own rule changes in the NFL to make the sport better. |
| 1:24.3 | Finally, a chance to be the commissioner for the day, |
| 1:27.4 | just like I've always dreamed of. |
| 1:29.9 | If you were the commissioner for the day, Connor, |
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