Former NFL star JJ Watt desires league to contemplate change for holding penalties

Former NFL star JJ Watt wants league to consider change for holding penalties

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The NFL assesses any potential wants for rule modifications throughout the offseason and not less than two might be on the books this yr with the “tush push” and the fumble in the long run zone leading to a touchback.

Former Houston Texans star J.J. Watt supplied another rule change the league ought to take into account – particularly on holding penalties.

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Colts guards Mark Glowinski and Braden Smith maintain Houston Texans defensive finish J.J. Watt throughout their sport in Indianapolis on Oct. 20, 2019, at Lucas Oil Stadium. (Zach Bolinger/Icon Sportswire by way of Getty Photos)

“I believe the refs perceive {that a} 10-yard penalty is an enormous penalty within the NFL,” Watt mentioned on “The Pat McAfee Present” this week. “So I believe in the event you made holding a 5-yard penalty, I believe it’s going to be known as far more pretty and far more realistically. As a result of it’s not as crippling to the offense.”

Watt defined that nice go rushers are unlikely to get holding calls until it’s actually blatant and pointed to particular cases the place gamers is not going to get the decision in the event that they run right into a maintain.

“It needs to be on the surface of the physique the place a man is actually pulling you and it’s like away from his physique,” Watt mentioned. “And it sucks, yeah, as a result of it’s very tough to do however I realized by the top of my profession what they had been gonna name and what they weren’t.”

Arizona Cardinals defensive finish J.J. Watt smiles whereas speaking with San Francisco 49ers tight finish George Kittle in Santa Clara, California, Jan. 8, 2023. (AP Picture/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

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McAfee, a former Indianapolis Colts punter, mentioned going from 1st-and-20 after a holding name is essential to the offense as a result of after the decision occurs groups are primarily anticipating to punt the ball away when their drive ends. He additionally recommended it didn’t make sense {that a} defensive holding was a 5-yard penalty.

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