NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
Another significant addition has been made to the list of new NFL rules for the upcoming 2024 season.
After the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl 58 to conclude the 2023 season, owners moved quickly to approve new NFL rules for 2024.
This includes a ban of the “hip-drop” tackle (now a 15-yard penalty and automatic first down), and an adjustment in the coach’s challenge system. Previously, a coach would only get a third challenge if he was successful on his two previous ones. Now, a coach just has to get one of the two right to be awarded a third challenge.
According to Charean Williams of Pro Football Talk, the NFLPA received word from the league that there will be a change to the injured reserve NFL rules as well. Teams will still have a limit of eight designations on the IR in the regular season, but the league is now granting each club two more IR designations for the playoffs:
“The NFL informed the NFLPA that it has finalized rules for designating players to return from injured reserve in 2024. Teams will have a maximum of eight designations during the regular season, the same as last year, but they also will get two additional designations in the postseason.
If a team has not used up its eight designations in the regular season, it can carry those into the postseason for a total of 10 designations.”
If an NFL player is placed on the injured reserve, he must miss at least four games. Previously, the mandatory number of games missed was only three.
The new NFL rules will debut on Sept. 5, when the defending Super Bowl champion Chiefs host reigning MVP Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens in the annual Kickoff Game at Arrowhead Stadium.
The playoffs will begin on Jan. 11, and Super Bowl 59 will take place on Feb. 9 inside the New Orleans Saints’ home venue, the Caesars Superdome. The Chiefs are trying to become the first team in NFL history to complete a successful three-peat.
Other NFL Rule Changes To Know
The league also announced several adjustments to its kickoff rules. The kicker will continue to kick from his own 35-yard line, but the rest of his teammates will now line up at the opposition’s 40-yard line.
On top of that, the league decided to push back the NFL trade deadline an additional week.
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