On Thursday, NFL owners met and approved via vote new playing rules and bylaws for the 2020 NFL season.
New Rules for 2020 NFL season:
- A bylaw change increased the number of players who could return for injured reserve from two to three per team.
- Made permanent the expansion of automatic replay reviews to include scoring plays and turnovers negated by a foul, and any successful or unsuccessful point-after-try attempt.
- Teams are prevented from manipulating the game clock by committing multiple dead-ball fouls while the clock is running. The rule will eliminate the ability for teams to drain clock while in punt formation with more than 5 minutes remaining on the game clock, which became more prevalent this past year.
- Expanded defenseless player protection to a kickoff or punt returner who is in possession of the ball but who has not had time to avoid or ward off the impending contact of an opponent.
While these were given the thumbs up, a few other notable proposals were tabled. Those included the much talked about fourth-and-15 onside kick proposal and the sky judge proposal.
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