{"id":95,"date":"2022-05-27T11:45:46","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T16:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infozport.com\/us\/?p=95"},"modified":"2022-05-27T11:45:46","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T16:45:46","slug":"what-are-the-new-rules-for-nfl-2022-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infozport.com\/us\/latest\/what-are-the-new-rules-for-nfl-2022-season\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the new rules for NFL 2022 season?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The 2022 NFL season is scheduled to kick off on Sept. 8, and players will have some new rules to comply with this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The NFL and the\u00a0NFL Players Association\u00a0have agreed on new regulations for 2022, one of which involves\u00a0<strong>the amount of time a player on injured reserve needs to be able to return to action.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Longer recovery time needed<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Athletes who have been placed on IR can only be allowed to return to play\u00a0<strong>after \u201cfour games have elapsed\u00a0<\/strong>since the date he was placed on the applicable reserve list,\u201d according to NFL Network\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeGarafolo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mike Garafolo<\/a>. The previous rule allowed them to exit the list\u00a0<strong>after only three missed games<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The NFL and NFLPA locked in some rules for the 2022 season recently. Among them: Eight players per team can return from injured reserve and other reserve lists as detailed below. Four games must have elapsed before a player can return. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EiUoTE8YgI\">pic.twitter.com\/EiUoTE8YgI<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeGarafolo\/status\/1529601475416145920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 25, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NFL NEW RULES<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Another guideline change involving IR protocol allows teams to have\u00a0<strong>up to eight players return to play from injured reserve<\/strong>\u00a0and\/or the reserve\/non-football injury\/illness list. A player can be cleared to leave the IR list up to two times per season, with each incidence counting toward the team total of eight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This cap of eight is a far cry from last year\u2019s rule which allowed<strong>\u00a0an unlimited number of players\u00a0<\/strong>to return from the injured list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">You may wanna read: <a href=\"https:\/\/infozport.com\/us\/futbol\/real-madrid-sterling-could-replace-mbappe\/\">Real Madrid: Sterling could replace Mbappe<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rules on practice squads<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Other updated rules affect the size of practice squads, which used to be limited to&nbsp;<strong>14 players<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Teams are now allowed to have practice squad players elevated to&nbsp;<strong>three regular-season games<\/strong>&#8211; up from two last year- and an&nbsp;<strong>unlimited number of postseason 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