{"id":766426,"date":"2026-02-21T08:55:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T08:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/766426\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T08:55:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T08:55:28","slug":"kevin-oconnell-appointed-to-powerful-nfl-committee-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/766426\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin O\u2019Connell Appointed to Powerful NFL Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Yesterday, Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O\u2019Connell received an appointment to one of the most important committees in the National Football League, and one that could allow him to have a significant influence on some of the league\u2019s rules.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">O\u2019Connell, along with Houston Texans\u2019 head coach DeMeco Ryans, was named to the NFL\u2019s Competition Committee on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Competition Committee, per the <a href=\"https:\/\/operations.nfl.com\/the-rules\/the-nfl-competition-committee\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL\u2019s Communications website<\/a>, \u201creviews all competitive aspects of the game, including (but not limited to) playing rules, roster regulations, technology, game-day operations and player protection.\u201d They will meet before the NFL Combine gets underway to start determining any potential rules changes that could be presented to the league\u2019s ownership for implementation for the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Last year, the changes that the Competition Committee brought forth included making the \u201cdynamic kickoff\u201d a permanent feature of the game, along with changing the placement of a touchback from the 30 to the 35-yard line, as well as the virtual measurement and the overtime rules that guaranteed each team a possession in overtime in regular season games. They also proposed the banning of the controversial \u201cTush Push\u201d play, a proposal that was ultimately struck down but could very well come up for a vote again this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">O\u2019Connell getting a spot on the Competition Committee isn\u2019t something that\u2019s going to allow him to propose things that could benefit the Vikings specifically or anything like that, but it does put him on the front line of potential rules changes for the league as a whole. It\u2019s a pretty big deal to be put on the committee, so here\u2019s hoping that O\u2019Connell can help to bring about some positive changes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yesterday, Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O\u2019Connell received an appointment to one of the most important committees in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":766427,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2073],"tags":[7,233,259,100098,1312,2529,6,234],"class_list":{"0":"post-766426","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-minnesota-vikings","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-minnesota","10":"tag-minnesota-vikings","11":"tag-minnesota-vikings-2026-offseason","12":"tag-minnesota-vikings-news","13":"tag-minnesotavikings","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-vikings"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116107786765404510","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=766426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/766427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=766426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=766426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=766426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}