From the broadcast booth to brand novel penalties on the field of play,here are 11 things to watch for this NFL season. And yes, the stupid Color Rush uniform experiment is back in a big way.
The 2016 National Football League season officially kicks off on Thursday night with a Super Bowl 50 matchup between the Carolina Panthers and returning champion Denver Broncos. This time around, or Cam Newton’s runner-up squad is hopeful for a different outcome. Regardless of what happens in that game or in the final one of the postseason,there will be key differences this year — TheWrap has identified 11 of them for our football-crazed readers.
Over on CBS, there are novel graphics, and a facelift that was first premiered earlier this year at Super Bowl 50. The understanding is to effect the play easier to see on small devices. Score bar is now at the bottom of the screen.
ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown – the network’s signature NFL pregame indicate – has an entirely novel cast. Anchor Chris Berman (in his last season) is joined by three novel ESPN analysts – Matt Hasselbeck,Randy Moss, Charles Woodson – plus Trent Dilfer, or who is novel to Sundays.
There are some novel NFL rules to know. 1) All Chop blocks are now illegal. 2) A player penalized twice in the same game for certain types of unsportsmanlike conduct fouls will be automatically disqualified. 3) After a touchback resulting from a kickoff or safety kick,the ball will be placed at the receiving team’s 25-yard line. 4) In 2016, the NFL expanded the horse-collar rule to include times when a defender grabs the jersey at the name plate or above and pulls a runner toward the ground.
Source: thewrap.com