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This rule seems born out of possible legal implications for the league if they did not take appropriate action during a game. A rule we may not like but going forward however the NFL is changing in this area. I'm okay with it ... have to take the fan emotion out of it and what's best for the players health long term is what should matter.
Teams should be structured with rules like this in mind - if you cannot compensate for a lost player due to the rule then you have not done your team building job properly. This rule perhaps could hurt teams that have too many high priced players and horrible depth.
I think the league would be wise to expand the game day rosters ... if you really care about player safety then coaches should have more options for taking players out of a game to evaluate their health ... the game day inactive list should be eliminated. This is a foolish save some money rule ... game day rosters should be 53 if you really care about player safety. Billion dollar industry with some foolish save a few thousand dollar rules.
Concur, inthat the only way such a proposed rule could work, is if the coach could keep all 53 active for every game. Otherwise, it's too limiting, and potentially too debilitating for any team.
Honestly, at some point the NFL needs to stop and just walk away from all these rule(s) changes. These are grown men playing in a game to which they full understand the risks. If they cannot grasp the potential for injury, then it is incumbent upon their agents and the league to insure that they do, and sign a waiver similar to what a doctor has you sign prior to surgery. It's informed consent. Period.
Professional football is an amazing, ye violent game. It's played by grown men in the prime of their lives, in the best physical shape of pretty much anyone else on the planet. Everyone understands that. It's time to accept that injuries happen and get on with it.
All of this brings to mind the "games" in the Roman Coliseum. It's not at all unlike gladiators suddenly being given timeouts for injuries, with a Medicus and his staff running out onto the field and stopping play to attend to the wounded. Or better yet, requiring full Legion-style armour and wooden swords, or swords and spears with blunted edges and tips. At some point, it stops being a game and crosses over into some bizzare twilight zone episode.
Anyway, that's my thoughts on it.