The NFL commissioner, Roger Goodell on Monday afternoon, will launch the Super Bowl week by holding his annual press conference on the state of the league. GOODELL weighs on a wide range of session subjects. Here is an overview of five of the main problems that Goodell will probably be invited to solve.
1. Official condition
It would not be an NFL season if Goodell did not Controversy linked to the pharmacy to be tackled. Officials were recently examined to rush the passer’s calls, their reactions to Strike on sliding quarters And even the placement of the ball.
NFL This offseason should examine the expansion of rereading assistance to include strokes of the quarter. The league could also implement new technologies which allows optical monitoring to determine the first stockings, replacing traditional channels and bottom markers. The NFL experienced with this technology With the chain gangs of the 2024 pre-season, but determined that more refinement was necessary. Goodell could offer updates on advancement plans in this department.
2. 18 -game schedule
The collective negotiation agreement between the NFL and the NFL Players Association takes place until 2030 and is created for 17 seasons of matches, but the slate of 18 games arrives. It’s a question of knowing when not.
GOODELL and the executive director of the NFLPA, Lloyd Howell, had preliminary discussions on what such expansion would imply and the concessions that the players would like in exchange for the heavier workload. Howell spent the season to meet players to learn their biggest needs for this change. Goodell is unlikely to shed a lot of light on the details of these preliminary discussions on Monday, but he could offer a preview of a possible calendar for real negotiations, which should start well before the expiration of the current ABC.
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3. Additional modifications
The “dynamic kick -off” established by the NFL this season has largely accomplished what the league officials had hoped. This led to a resurgence of the part which had largely become an automatic touchdown, and the Concrease rate At the start has decreased. But 2024 was an experimental season for this element of the game, a new format agreed by the owners for a year. From now on, the competition committee will once again evaluate the dynamic kick -off to determine if modifications must be made.
In 2024, 32.8% of kicks were returned, against 21.8%. There have been 59 large play feedback (40 yards or more), which was most in the NFL since 2016. But is the league satisfied with this point? Look for Goodell to give its assessment of improvements that the new format has triggered and if it believes that more can be done to increase these figures.
Aaron Glenn will probably be the only diversified hiring of the head this offseason. (Kevin R. Wexler / USA Today Network via Imagn)
4. Lack of diversity of head coaches
Another hiring cycle of the head coach caused renewed control over the hiring practices of the diversity of the league.
Each year, Goodell discusses the desire that the owners improve the diversity of coaches and coordinators of the team. The league has made efforts to discourage hiring practices that kept the number of various coaches at least. These efforts include the Rooney rule, An accelerator program And the draft choices allocated to the teams that develop and promoted minority coaches and front-office executives, then lose them against jobs of head coach or GM jobs with other organizations.
However, a year after the NFL had a record Nine colored head coachesThree of them (Robert Saleh, Jerod Mayo and Antonio Pierce) were dismissed, the last two after a single season. Only one coach of Color, Aaron Glenn (who is black), was hired for six of the seven openings of head coach. The last of these jobs, with the saints of New Orleans, is should go to Kellen Moore (which is white).
Hiring by Mike Truebel’s patriots came after interviews With Byron Leftwich And Pep Hamilton, black coaches who have not worked in the NFL since 2022.
Goodell and the Department of Diversity and Inclusion of the League continue to work to heal this secular problem of employment of equal opportunities in a league whose lists are mainly composed of men of color. Goodell could give an update on these efforts.
5. International games
The NFL mission to extend its world fans base remains in progress. A year after the League had five international games, Goodell would like to see this number increase to eight.
The league has already announced a Thu 2025 in Madrid Hosted by Miami dolphins. The Browns of Cleveland, the New York Jets and the Jacksonville Jaguars will all organize games in London. The Indianapolis colts will host the first regular NFL season game in Berlin. This means that three other international games could still be announced for 2025.
Expect that Goodell and his team unveil all the international slate this week while highlighting the 2026 season plans.
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