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Art Rooney II also said the Steelers were among the teams not in favor of the alternative onside kick rule before owners tabled it. He doesn't expect the topic to be revisited before the 2020 season.
— Joe Rutter (@tribjoerutter) May 28, 2020
The NFL passed several rule changes this week. But one rule change that was tabled was an idea to offer an alternative to an onside kick. Instead of an onside kick, teams have the option to take the ball at their own 25-yard line for a 4th-and-15 try. The whole thing sounded very XFL and I’m glad the Pittsburgh Steelers were one of the teams who opposed the change.
Here are the changes that were voted in.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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