2008 NFL Rule Changes

After watching 13 weeks of NFL action, it has become clear to me that Roger Goodell and his boys have made some changes to the league rules. Here is what i have found out so far:

Tackling: You will be penalized if you lead with your head, arms, legs, chest or any other area of the body. If you try to tackle someone with the intention of hitting them hard, you will be penalized. So basically, if you try to tackle someone by any other means than walking up to them, hugging them, and talking them into taking a knee, it will be a 15 yd penalty.

NFC South: The NFL will not show any games of the NFC South. Even though it is the best division in the league and the most competitive, they need to shove the NFC East down the viewers throat and claim that this is the best division, basically because all the teams are in a major market, even though 3 out of the 4 teams kinda suck. I blame Terry Bradshaw for this, not sure why, maybe because he is bald and bald people like the east coast, just look at New Jersey.

Brett Favre: It was mandated by Roger Goodell that during every broadcast the announcers must mention at least 10 times, "What would this team be like if Brett Favre were on it". For example, lets say there was a game between Atlanta and whoever. The announcer would go after Matt Ryan threw an incomplete pass, "You have to wonder what this team would be like with Brett Favre". My response if i were the announcing partner, "Yeah, that would have been intercepted instead of incomplete". This is probably Tony K's fault since he probably thought before the season it would have been wise for NE to sign Favre as a backup just so he could have his ultimate fantasy threesome.

Al Davis: They determined that they needed to have him have a press conference so the fans knew he was still alive (somewhat) and that we can definitely be sure that he clinically insane. This was actually a good decision by the NFL. That press conference was almost like they picked a homeless guy of the street, threw a Raider jacket on him, told him Lane Kiffin stole his grocery cart of cans and dead cats and let him speak for a half an hour.