LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Roger Goodell concluded the NFL Annual Conferences on the Ritz-Carlton Resort on Tuesday, having a short 15-minute session on the state of the league. Goodell did not give an tackle, however took questions to finish the three-day conferences.
Right here had been the highlights of Goodell’s presser:
“I would not say it is a delay. It is a very thorough course of relating to all possession transfers. We’re simply going by way of that course of. We have been in powerful with their facet and I really feel it is making progress.”
Brady’s possession cope with the Las Vegas Raiders stays on maintain, despite the fact that either side agreed to the deal in Could. The NFL must approve the sale, with three-fourths majority vote from group homeowners.
The approval was delayed for causes that included Davis providing a reduced value to Brady. The value was reportedly elevated in February to line up with the group’s market worth.
The Brady possession ought to come to a decision quickly.
The brand new kickoff rule
“I believe it will likely be an enormous enchancment. I believe it is going to convey the play again into an necessary play, a related play, an thrilling play. And the harm charge in the end will drop.”
The league tailored a modified model of the XFL Kickoff Rule for the 2024 season that intends to convey the kickoff again to the sport of soccer. Whereas the league shall be eliminating the normal kickoff, the modified kickoff is designed to place the ball again within the returner’s palms.
The XFL had 341 kickoff returns in 2023 with their kickoff guidelines whereas the NFL had 587. The XFL performed simply 40 common season video games to the NFL’s 272, because the XFL averaged 8.5 whereas the NFL averaged 2.2.
“I normally do not give an replace till it is concluded. I am certain they’re making progress. They had been exhausting at work at it instantly.”
There may be an ongoing investigation by the NFL for potential tampering violations with the Kirk Cousins and Saquon Barkley offers. Cousins signed a four-year, $160 million contract with the Falcons, and throughout his introductory press convention, let slip that he both met or spoke with the group’s athletic coach and head of public relations earlier than Wednesday.
Barkley signed a three-year, $37.5 million deal to go away New York for Philadelphia, and Barkley’s former faculty coach at Penn State, James Franklin, appeared to suggest that Barkley and Eagles basic supervisor Howie Roseman talked through the tampering interval as properly. Barkley denied Franklin’s feedback.
Groups usually are not allowed to have direct contact with gamers through the “authorized tampering” interval, so both of these conversations would seemingly represent a violation of the tampering guidelines.
The Brazil recreation
“We do have expertise with that. There have been a number of planning journeys down there within the final yr. It is a market that we predict shall be an explosive marketplace for us. We predict the sort of occasion will proceed that progress issue and really speed up it.”
Goodell says the Eagles’ opponent in Brazil shall be introduced throughout the subsequent week. The Cleveland Browns and Inexperienced Bay Packers are the 2 groups thought-about.
Christmas recreation on a Wednesday
“COVID was really a studying factor. [Playing Wednesday] wouldn’t be an everyday factor. It will likely be when Christmas falls on a Wednesday. The time interval between video games as been completed earlier than. We’ve got not seen an elevation of accidents.
“We’ve got had a significant give attention to Thursday evening after we first put this in. We’ve got not seen that elevation both. I believe we’ve got this down.”
The NFL has performed a recreation on Christmas in seven of the final 9 years. Christmas video games aren’t going wherever, however Wednesday video games will solely be on the vacation.