Is The NFL Going To make New Rules?

The NFL held a conference call after a two-hour league meeting on Tuesday to provide an update on its Covid-19 season.

The NFL discussed contingency plans surrounding games “should it be needed,” but Commissioner Roger Goodell added the league remains “committed to completing the season as scheduled.”

The NFL also established criteria for its playoff eligibility should teams not complete the season playing the same amount of games but tabled reseeding teams in the postseason under its new contingency resolution.

Through Week 8, NFL clubs have attempted fourth-and-one 55.9% of the time this season, compared with an average of 42% from 2010 through 2019. And clubs have converted 69% of the fourth downs, which the memo notes is up 7% over the same period in seasons from 2010 through 2019.