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All 15 NFL Rule Change Proposals For 2017

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Ravens General Manager Ozzie Newsome is part of the 10-member competition committee. 

Ravens Head Coach John Harbaugh is part of the 10-member coaches subcommittee. 

In other words, Baltimore will have sway at this year's NFL league meetings. 

Here are all 15 rule change proposals: 

No. 1: By Philadelphia; Gives additional protections for long snappers on kick plays. 

No. 2: By Philadelphia; Prohibits the "leaper" block attempt on field goal and extra point plays. 

No. 3: By Philadelphia; Expands the "crown of helmet" foul to include "hairline" part of helmet. 

No. 4: By Philadelphia; Amends the challenge system by granting a third challenge if a club is successful on at least one of its initial two challenges, and expands reviewable plays outside of two minutes of each half. 

No. 5: By Washington; Eliminates the limit of three total challenges per team per game and eliminates the requirement that a team be successful on each of its first two challenges in order to be awarded a third. 

No. 6: By Washington; Moves the line of scrimmage to the 20-yard line for any touchback where the free kick travels through the uprights. 

No. 7: By Buffalo and Seattle; Permits a coach to challenge any officials' decision except scoring plays and turnovers. 

No. 8: By Competition Committee; Makes permanent the rule that disqualifies a player who is penalized twice in one game for certain types of unsportsmanlike conduct fouls. 

No. 9: By Competition Committee; Changes the spot of the next snap after a touchback resulting from a free kick to the 25-yard line for one year only. 

No. 10: By Competition Committee; Reduces the length of preseason and regular-season overtime periods to 10 minutes. 

No. 11: By Competition Committee; Gives a receiver running a pass route defenseless player protection. 

No. 12: By Competition Committee; Makes crackback blocks prohibited by a backfield player who is in motion, even if he is not more than 2 yards outside the tackle when the ball is snapped. 

No. 13: By Competition Committee; Replaces the sideline replay monitor with a hand-held device and authorizes designated members of the officiating department to make the final decision on replay reviews. 

No. 14: By Competition Committee; Makes it unsportsmanlike conduct to commit multiple fouls during the same down designed to manipulate the game clock. 

No. 15: By Competition Committee; Makes actions to conserve time illegal after the two-minute warning of either half.

Bylaw Proposals 

No. 1: By Washington; Amends Article XVII, Section 17.1 to eliminate the mandatory cutdown to 75 Active List players. 

No. 2: By Washington; Amends Article XVII, Section 17.14 to place a player who has suffered a concussion, and who has not been cleared to play, on the club's Exempt List, and be replaced by a player on the club's Practice Squad on a game-by-game basis until the player is cleared to play. 

No. 3: By Washington; Amends Article XIX, Sections 19.8(B) and 19.9(B) to permit clubs to opt out of the "color rush" jerseys created for Thursday Night Football. 

No. 4: By Competition Committee; Liberalizes rules for timing, testing, and administering physical examinations to draft-eligible players at a club's facility for one year only. 

No. 5: By Competition Committee; Changes the procedures for returning a player on Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform or Reserve/Non-Football Injury or Illness to the Active List to be similar to those for returning a player that was Designated for Return. 

No. 6: By Competition Committee; The League office will transmit a Personnel Notice to clubs on Sundays during training camp and preseason. 

Resolution Proposals 

No. 1: By Philadelphia, Amends the NFL's On-Field Policy to allow clubs to have an alternate helmet in a color to match their third uniform. 

No. 2: By Competition Committee: Permits a club to negotiate and reach an agreement with a head coach candidate during the postseason prior to the conclusion of the employer club's season. 

No. 3: By Competition Committee: Permits a contract or non-contract non-football employee to interview with and be hired by another club during the playing season, provided the employer club has consented.

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