{"id":18030,"date":"2025-03-20T03:28:06","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T03:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=18030"},"modified":"2025-03-20T03:28:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T03:28:06","slug":"breaking-lio%c9%b4s-face-scruti%c9%b4y-over-proposed-nfl-rule-cha%c9%b4ge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=18030","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Lio\u0274s Face Scruti\u0274y Over Proposed NFL Rule Cha\u0274ge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2196275382-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2196275382-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2196275382-1.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2196275382-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Lions Face Scrutiny Over Proposed NFL Rule Change\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Getty The Detroit Lions have already snagged a replacement for star defender Carlton Davis, who they&#8217;re losing to the Patriots.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Detroit Lions have some ideas for new NFL rules next season \u2014 including one that is drawing some scrutiny as it might give the Lions an edge against their division rivals.<\/p>\n<p>The league considers tweaks to the rules during offseason owners meetings, which take place at the end of March in West Palm Beach, Florida. As ESPN\u2019s Kevin Seifert reported, the Lions submitted a pair of new rules including one that would significantly alter defensive penalties.<\/p>\n<p>One analyst believes it may be a bit of a self-serving proposal for the Lions, a team that struggled with discipline as it adopted an aggressive approach on defense.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Lions Want New Holding Rules<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_3474,h_1954,x_0,y_145\/c_fill,w_912,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/all_lions\/01jnrvtbnr06kvf2rjmm.jpg\" alt=\"Report: CB Carlton Davis May Be Too Pricey for Detroit Lions\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As Seifert reported, the Lions submitted a proposal that would eliminate automatic first downs for illegal contact or holding penalties on the defense.<\/p>\n<p>As NFL analyst Warren Sharp pointed out, no team would benefit from the rule more than the Lions. The team has taken on an aggressive identity under head coach Dan Campbell, playing a physical style of man defense and encouraging defensive backs to challenge wide receivers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[S]o the Lions want to get rid of auto first downs for defensive holding &amp; illegal contact penalties,\u201d Sharp wrote in a post on X. \u201cI wonder why that is? it\u2019s because the Lions commit, by far, the most of these penalties in the NFL \u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sharp noted that the rule change could be especially advantageous to the Lions against their division rivals, with the Lions committing 26 holding penalties over the last two years compared to 16 for the Green Bay Packers, nine for the Chicago Bears and six for the Minnesota Vikings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Detroit\u2019s] high rates of man coverage lead to more of these being called,\u201d Sharp noted.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Lions Want NFL to Consider Another Change<\/h2>\n<p>That was not the only rule change proposed by the Lions. The team also suggested the NFL take a page out of the NBA\u2019s book and award home-field advantage to teams with the better record in the playoffs rather than those that won divisions.<\/p>\n<p>Seifert noted that this rule could also benefit the Lions as they play in one of the league\u2019s most competitive divisions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat approach could have a significant effect on the Lions and the highly competitive NFC North, which fielded three playoff teams last season \u2014 the Lions (15-2), Minnesota Vikings\u00a0(14-3) and\u00a0Green Bay Packers (11-6),\u201d he wrote. \u201cThe Lions received the NFC\u2019s No. 1 seed, but the Vikings were seeded No. 5, and the Packers were No. 7. Based purely on records, the Vikings would have been the No. 3 seed, and the Packers would have been No. 5.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That rule change would have played a big role in the playoffs last season as the Lions were not able to wrap up their division title until the final week of the season. The Lions and Vikings met in the season finale with 14 wins apiece, with the Lions winning the game to earn the No. 1 overall seed and the Vikings being forced to go on the road as the league\u2019s first 14-win wild-card team.<\/p>\n<p>The Vikings had to go one the road, losing to the Los Angeles Rams. The Lions earned a bye week but lost the following week, falling to the Washington Commanders.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Detroit Lions have proposed a pair of NFL rule changes that might disproportionately help them in coming seasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-detroit-lions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING: Lio\u0274s Face Scruti\u0274y Over Proposed NFL Rule Cha\u0274ge - Breaking News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=18030\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING: Lio\u0274s Face Scruti\u0274y Over Proposed NFL Rule Cha\u0274ge - 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