NFL owners reject proposal for passer penalties reviews

The NFL’s much-discussed standard for roughing the passer will remain as is in 2023.

During the Annual League Meeting in Phoenix on Tuesday the league’s owners rejected the proposal to make roughing the passer penalties reviewable.

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The proposal was suggested by the Los Angeles Rams and was one of nine submitted by clubs as part of an annual discussion regarding possible rule changes. One of the most notable approved change regarded jersey numbers, allowing certain players to wear zero as a numeral in 2023.

The Rams’ proposal on roughing the passer was not expected to receive support from the league’s Competition Committee, per NFL Network’s Judy Battista, who reported in late February the committee reviewed more than 80 examples of roughing the passer penalties and found just three that the group deemed questionable.