NFL ponders allowing challenges to penalties

The Colts are proposing a rule change that would allow coaches to challenge any penalty call for the first time.

The NFL released a list of several rule change proposals on Wednesday night made by teams that included an option to run a fourth-and-20 play in lieu of an onside kick, the moving of the trade deadline and giving teams an additional challenge if they are successful on one of their first two tries.

The competition committee will make its own rule change proposals next week and owners are scheduled to vote on them at the league meetings later this month.

The most consequential change would allow for challenges of penalty calls by coaches, or replay officials in the last two minutes of the half, for a chance to correct egregious mistakes.

Challenges couldn’t impose a penalty when it wasn’t called.

„ The Seahawks are acquiring QB Sam Howell, 24, in a trade with the

Commanders, ESPN reported. The teams also will swap a pair of picks in the 2024 draft . ... The league announced that it’s reviewing whether the Falcons and Eagles violated tampering policies during the legal tampering window. The Falcons agreed to a contract with four-time Pro Bowl QB Kirk Cousins shortly after teams were permitted to start negotiating with unrestricted free agents Monday. The Eagles quickly struck a deal with two-time Pro Bowl RB Saquon Barkley soon after the negotiation period opened. Teams are permitted to talk directly with agents during the 52-hour negotiating window, but can’t speak to the player unless he has no agent and represents himself.

College

basketball: Vanderbilt fired men’s coach Jerry Stackhouse after five seasons. The school had signed Stackhouse to a contract extension in October 2022. The 49-year-old former North Carolina star leaves with a 70-92 overall record and 28-60 mark in the SEC.