Most of us are taking a break after SB50. Absence makes the heart grow fonder?

Snub, The Seahawks will have a different team to some degree next year.

The Combine ended recently, and the draft is coming up next month.

Lot of FA movement and more potential leaving and signings.

Here is a brief note on the Ejection rule proposals.

What's your opinion on this?

Which penalties would lead to ejection under proposed rule?
NFL.com
Published: March 21, 2016

A total of 19 rule change proposals will be hashed out at the NFL's Annual Meeting in Boca Raton, Florida, this week, which includes a new automatic ejection rule.

The proposed rule would call for a player who gets two unsportsmanlike conduct penalties to be thrown out of the game. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell introduced the idea publicly during his pre-Super Bowl news conference. On Thursday, the NFL Competition Committee laid out the applicable penalties that would lead to ejection: Throwing a punch or kicking an opponent, using abusive language with opponents, officials or teammates and taunting.

The Competition Committee does not expect to see a rise in ejections and hope the new rule will act as a deterrent for players. There were only two players last season who incurred two of the three types of unsportsmanlike conduct penalties that would lead to an ejection.

Here is a breakdown of the proposed ejection rule that still needs to be approved:

Section 4 Automatic Disqualification. Article 1. Multiple Fouls.

In addition to any penalty referenced elsewhere in the Official Playing Rules, a player will be automatically disqualified in the event that player is penalized twice in the same game for committing one of the unsportsmanlike conduct fouls listed below, or a combination of the fouls listed below:

1. Throwing a punch, or a forearm, or kicking at an opponent, even though no contact is made.

2. Using abusive, threatening, or insulting language or gestures to opponents, teammates, officials, or representatives of the League.

3. Using baiting or taunting acts or words that engender ill will between teams.

The player will be automatically disqualified regardless of whether the penalty is accepted or declined by the opponent. The fouls do not have to be judged by the official to be flagrant for the automatic disqualification to occur, and any foul that occurs during the pregame warm-up period will carry over into the game. Nothing in this section supersedes the Game Official's discretion to judge a foul to be flagrant and disqualify the player based on one occurrence. The addition of a new Section 4 will cause the current Section 4 to become Section 5.

Which penalties would lead to ejection under proposed rule? - NFL.com


And Richard Sherman's take:

Seahawks' Sherman calls out Goodell over ejection proposal
Travis Pittman, KING 5 New March 20, 2016

SEATTLE – Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman criticized NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell Sunday over Goodell’s proposed rule to eject players who commit two personal fouls in a game.

"I think it's foolish," Sherman told ESPN’s Jim Trotter. "But it sounds like something somebody who's never played the game would say, something that they would suggest, because he doesn't understand. He's just a face. He's just a suit. He's never stepped foot on the field and understood how you can get a personal foul."

Sherman also weighed in on the controversy over the past few years over what constitutes a catch in the NFL. Just as he did with Goodell, Sherman indicated it’s people who have never played in the league who make those determinations.

"Because you've got a bunch of suits doing it," Sherman said. "Let Jerry Rice and Michael Irvin talk about it for about 20-30 minutes. Maybe Cris Carter. Randy Moss. Let those guys have a roundtable discussion about what a catch should be and come up with a rule. I guarantee you it'd be more effective than the rule they have now because those are the pass-catchers. Those are some of the best pass-catchers we've had. I think it'd be more straightforward and to the point."

ESPN says Sherman was recently elected to the NFL Player’s Association executive committee.

Seahawks' Sherman calls out Goodell over ejection proposal