As the NFL Scouting Combine gets underway in Indianapolis this week, many of the league’s movers and shakers happen to be in the same place. So the league’s Competition Committee — made up of league owners, executives and head coaches — has been having preliminary discussions about some potential rule changes that have been widely discussed in recent weeks.
NFL.com columnist Judy Battista — quoting the league’s executive vice president of football operations Troy Vincent — says that the committee has discussed “at length” whether offensive players should be allowed to ball carriers forward.