{"id":248278,"date":"2025-09-23T06:53:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T06:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/248278\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T06:53:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T06:53:10","slug":"peyton-manning-proposed-5-new-nfl-rules-on-manningcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/248278\/","title":{"rendered":"Peyton Manning proposed 5 new NFL rules on ‘ManningCast’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seeing a recent NBA rule change inspired Peyton Manning to propose some new rules for the NFL to adopt during Week 3\u2019s ManningCast. Fortunately for those who have had their fill of Tush Push discourse, it did not come up.<\/p>\n

Manning was inspired by the NBA\u2019s new rule, saying that a player\u2019s shooting percentage will not be hurt by cross-court shots taken in the final seconds of the first three quarters. He wants the same luxury for quarterbacks on Hail Mary passes at the end of the first half.<\/p>\n

\u201cRule number one,\u201d Manning said. \u201cIntercepted Hail Marys shouldn\u2019t count against quarterbacks at the end of the half. Hail Mary throws at the end of the first half should be a team interception. They shouldn\u2019t be a quarterback\u2019s interception. They won\u2019t count against the quarterback.<\/p>\n

Manning\u2019s brother and co-host, Eli Manning, had a natural question, which made us wonder if he\u2019s been talking with Richard Jefferson, who does not like<\/a> the NBA\u2019s new rule.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat if you complete the Hail Mary?\u201d Eli asked. \u201cDoes it count for a touchdown throw?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, absolutely. That\u2019s a stupid question. Of course it does\u201d Peyton responded, in true older brother form.<\/p>\n

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Peyton Manning gives five rule changes he believes need to happen in the NFL \u2935\ufe0f pic.twitter.com\/BLYvJjSu6e<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) September 23, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

While the next idea was also logical, it was an oddly specific occurrence that rarely happens. Inside the 10-yard line, if an offense commits a false start, it\u2019s a full five-yard penalty. If the defense jumps offsides, it\u2019s half the distance to the goal. So in situations where those penalties occur consecutively, Manning (Peyton) wants the offense to get the full five yards back.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat rule makes no sense,\u201d he said. \u201cOffensive dumb-dumb, five yards back. Defensive dumb-dumb, I want those five yards back.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s only two in a row,\u201d Eli clarified. \u201cIt\u2019s a very precise, specific situation.\u201d<\/p>\n

The next proposal was that targets should not be a statistic.<\/p>\n

\u201cTargets are one of the biggest reasons wide receivers get angry with quarterbacks,\u201d Peyton said. \u201cThey should be outlawed. How do people know who I was throwing to when the ball was batted? Or when I was throwing it away? How does some statistician know who the quarterback was targeting? They don\u2019t. Let\u2019s get rid of targets.\u201d<\/p>\n

Next up? \u201cBatted balls should be illegal.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNobody comes to a football game hoping to see someone bat down a pass,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s lazy by the defensive lineman. It means his pass rush didn\u2019t work. It should be an automatic replay the down.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo linemen can\u2019t put their hands up?\u201d Eli asked. \u201cThey just gotta keep their hands down?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf they\u2019re close to the quarterback, they can bat it,\u201d Peyton conceded. \u201cBut when they\u2019re stonewalled at the line of scrimmage, they can\u2019t bat it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The final proposal was, \u201cWhen a hit on a quarterback is going to result in a fine for the defensive player, there should be a cash payment on the field. The defensive player has to go get the actual cash from the sideline in a briefcase and physically hand it to the quarterback. It would eliminate those type of plays because of the public embarrassment by the defensive player. Right now, Eli, it\u2019s kind of a payroll deduct type thing. It doesn\u2019t have the effect that a public payment would have.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo instead of the player getting fined and it going to wherever, now it just goes to the quarterback? The quarterback gets the fine money?\u201d Eli inquired.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, no,\u201d Peyton said. \u201cThe fine money goes to a great fund. It helps retired players. I like that. But the defensive lineman gets the write-off. We pay the quarterback, the quarterback makes the payment to that same charity, helps the retired players. But the quarterback gets the write-off.\u201d<\/p>\n

And as we all know, if there\u2019s one thing the NFL needs to do more of, it\u2019s look out for quarterbacks.<\/p>\n

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