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    The NFL continues to expand its overseas initiatives and will now be headed to Dublin next season. Ireland will join Spain as the two newest countries to host an NFL team in 2025, with Australia set to play host to the Rams in 2026. The Steelers, who will count this as a home game, are currently the only team with rights to Ireland, per the league’s Global Markets Program. Per the league site, the Jets are also working to expand into Ireland, which could create more opportunities for future games.
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    Per the league, the game will be part of a multi-year commitment to playing games in Melbourne. The Herald Sun was early to report the news and has named the Eagles as LA’s opponent for the game. The NFL didn’t include Philly as part of the game in their official press release but did note that the Eagles, along with the Rams, hold the marketing rights in Australia as part of the league’s Global Markets Program. All signs point to Philly being named as the second team at a later date. The first game will be played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
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    While Goodell and the league have not had formal discussions, the commissioner did acknowledge having preliminary discussions with the NFLPA about expanding the regular season. Goodell has long been pushing for an 18-game season that would likely be achieved by cutting the preseason down from three games to two. He added that increased safety of the game has made any discussions of an 18-game season possible while noting that the league still needs “to be incredibly sensitive and smart about it.” Any chances of the league adding an extra game sounds like a matter of when, not if. It’s possible that talks of expansion ramp up during the league’s annual meetings, which are set to begin on March 30th. Regardless, this won’t be the last time we hear about the topic.
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    Goodell continues to push for an 18-game season while pointing out that the league would shorten the preseason from three games to two to keep the overall length of the season the same. A move to an 18-game season won’t come without its challenges, as player safety continues to be at the forefront of these discussions, but Goodell also says the number of injuries did not increase when the league made the leap from 16 games to 17 games in 2021. Any approval for this change would require approval from the NFL Players Association. It’s anybody’s guess as to how quickly this change could come, but it wouldn’t be surprising if this idea was discussed more thoroughly after the season.
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    NFLPA Executive Director Lloyd Howell said that while the union has “not yet progressed to formal negotiations” with the league, discussions are underway to once again expand the regular season. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said in May that any lengthening of the regular season would come at the expense of the preseason. “We would do it in the context of reducing the number of preseason games. We think that’s a good trade,” Goodell said. Though some players have expressed concern about an even longer regular season, it appears the union and the league are moving toward an 18-game season.
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    The supplemental draft was first enacted in 1977 and became an alternative way for players to be drafted due to circumstances at their college that kept them from participating that season. While the supplemental draft has yielded some NFL-caliber talent, we haven’t seen a player taken in it since 2019, when the Cardinals selected Washington State safety Jalen Thompson.
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    The circumstances under which Brady would be willing to return are about what you’d expect. Brady said if a team in contention were to have lost its quarterback late in a season, he would be open to a return. Now a full year removed from the game and set to begin a broadcasting career this upcoming season; it’s hard to imagine Brady, who will be 47 in August, stepping in after more than a year away to help a hypothetical contender. As Brady also pointed out, he’s hoping to become a minority owner of the Raiders, and he doesn’t know if the league would allow him to return if he were holding a stake in another team.
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    Teams will now be able to make trades until Tuesday following Week 9 games. The deadline had previously been the Tuesday after Week 8. The one-week change could make a big difference for teams whose seasons are circling the drain and leave the front office looking to deal valuable players as part of a rebuild. It could also benefit teams coming on around mid-season and looking for ways to shore up weaknesses headed into the season’s second half.
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    Twenty-nine of the league’s 32 teams approved of the change, with the Niners, Packers, and Raiders voting against the rule adoption. Under the new rules, any kickoff that ends up in the “landing zone” — between the goal line and the 20 yard line — must be returned. The changes will essentially stop touchbacks, which would award the ball at the 35 yard line. Once implemented, the hybrid kickoff will make kickoffs a far more important part of the game. NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero said NFL officials hope the rule change can “will yield what it wants: fewer injuries and more returns” in 2024 and beyond.
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    According to Pelissero, the use must be “purely objective” and can be used in manners such as to determine whether or not a quarterback was hit in the head, in or out of the pocket on an intentional grounding, etc. This should help with correcting calls that can result in a significant gain/loss of yards for both the offense and defense. The review of these calls will be done by the replay assistant and should not require a challenge flag from a coach to be reviewed.