Well, we are into the Wildcard weekend and in a few hours, we will know who the Pittsburgh Steelers opponent will be next Sunday. Two big NFL topics are the quality of refereeing and injuries. Adjudicating a football game is not easy given the complexity of the rulebook. I have always been an advocate of simplifying the rules but that is easier said than done. Here is the current Official Playing Rules of the NFL.
The NFL followed the college rulebook up until 1933. One of the big changes was permitting the forward pass from anywhere behind the line of scrimmage.