If Taylor Lewan gets his way, the NFL would allow fighting like Hockey

What would the NFL be like if they allowed fighting?

Taylor Lewan must be enjoying his off-season so far. If I had to guess, he has been watching a lot of hockey since the Titans last game. Or possibly, Lewan hooked up one of his old video game systems and broke out NFL Blitz. Who knows what he was doing when he came up with this idea, but according to his twitter, Taylor Lewan thinks there should be a rule change in the NFL.

As many of you may know, the NHL allows players to fight in their games with a 5 minute penalty as the punishment. This actually ends up being a way to police the game. Fighting has definitely lessened in hockey over the past few years, but it still is part of the game. What would really happen if the NFL changed their rules and allowed fighting in their games?

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First of all this will never happen. It is just a fun idea that would be really difficult to implement. The NFL has concussion problems as it is and if they let their players fight each other that number will most likely rise. Currently, when players fight in NFL games they will most likely get kicked out and probably be suspended. A rule change would definitely be in order if this were to be put in place.

How it would work.

Well there would have to be a minor penalty for fighting. There is no way that the NFL would just allow fights without a consequence. If that was the case then the NFL would just turn into a giant episode of Celebrity Death Match. My proposal would be to do something similar to what the NHL does and have a penalty box. This is a practice that is in place in Lacrosse too, so it would not be that difficult to implement. They could also use the penalty box for other offenses, like illegal hits the head, or intentional face mask calls. It would add a whole different element to the game besides losing yardage for penalties.Instead of time in the box, the NFL would probably have to do plays off instead of a minute in the box or something like that.

Now there are plenty of potential problems with fighting in the NFL. The players tend to range in size in the NFL. Could you imagine a fight between Taylor Lewan and a Defensive Back? That would be really unfortunate for that Defensive Back. There would have to be a rule in place that would make it so the fights would have to be between people of the same size. That would definitely take the fun out of it though. Overall, this is an unrealistic idea, but a fun one to think about. It would definitely be enjoyable to see the NFL come up with an actual proposal for this tough.