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– [Off-season] San Francisco 49ers: the hunt continues
A new rule for onside kicks?
Unraveling the interest of special teams is what the league is working on season after season. According to NFL Media, the league's special teams coordinators have proposed reviewing the use of the onside kick. Now it could only be used in the 4th quarter, and teams would have to notify the referees in advance.
This new rule will be submitted to owners for votes at the next meeting in the spring.
Joe Burrow should be operational in May
Injured in the wrist and absent for the entire second part of the season, Joe Burrow (QB, Bengals) should receive the green light from the doctors in May. The 1st pick of the 2020 draft had surgery in November to repair a torn ligament.
“I think mid-May is when I expect to be cleared for contact,” Burrow said. “Over the next month and a half, we will decide all that. »
Transactions
– The Bills will cut runner Nyheim Hines according to ESPN. The player had missed the entire season due to a knee injury.
Rumors
– Christian Wilkins (DT) could well be free to sign wherever he wants in a few days, and sign the contract he wants. According to ESPN, the Dolphins are ruling out the idea of using the franchise tag on the player.
– Discussions between the Panthers and Brian Burns (Edge) are said to have stalled. According to CBS, the franchise warned the player that there would be no further discussions before free agency.
Soon an 18 regular season matches?
The return of balanced balance sheet potential? According to NBC, the league has not at all abandoned the idea of a regular season with 18 games per team. The discussion of this new extension could be at the heart of the next CBA negotiations, the collective agreement governing the contractual rules of players in particular. As a reminder, the 17-match season was only introduced in 2021.
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