@[email protected] to [email protected] • 25 days agoLions propose elimination of automatic first down for defensive holding and illegal contactwww.nbcsports.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up15
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•23 days agoIsn’t the whole point of automatic first downs to discourage defenses from committing fouls? Without the automatic first, if you get an offense to 3rd and long you just foul until you get a stop.
Isn’t the whole point of automatic first downs to discourage defenses from committing fouls?
Without the automatic first, if you get an offense to 3rd and long you just foul until you get a stop.