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Rule change proposal: Intentional grounding should be an additional loss of down (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by SharkBaitOohAhAh2@alien.top to c/nfl@nfl.community

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With rules favouring the offenses so heavily in the NFL, I believe that the intentional grounding penalty should come with an additional loss of down.

Meaning say it’s 3rd and 10, QB doesn’t get out of pocket, ball doesn’t get to line of drum mags, no receiver etc etc and he throws it away, i think it should be a dead spot foul, but the ball is now turned over to the opposing team. The 4th down should be nullified.

I think the defense should be rewarded for great coverage with additional pressure.

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[–] ajh6w@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

...what?

Like, the loss of down is to "replace" the sack that was lost by the grounding.

I dont even understand how losing an entirely unrelated down makes sense...