PHOENIX (AP) ? Roger Goodell laid down the law Nick Bosa Jersey , and the owners readily changed NFL rules on reviewing pass interference, whether flagged or not.As the league concluded its spring meeting one day early, the owners passed by a shockingly overwhelming 31-1 margin that interference can be challenged by coaches and reviewed by officials next season. Coaches still will have two challenges per game, and in the final two minutes of a half or fourth quarter or for all of overtime, the replay official can order a review of offensive or defensive pass interference.The major change ? owners traditionally have been highly reluctant to include any penalties in the replay process ? stems from an egregious missed call in the NFC championship game that likely led to the Rams making the Super Bowl and the Saints falling short.?I told the owners we need to get to a place, and I felt strongly we should have OPI and DPI and that we should be able to throw flags (that were not thrown on the field,? Goodell said. ?Everyone in there finally got to understand through a long process and a lot of discussion, everyone wanted to get it right. Some had to remove themselves from long-shared views.?The competition committee, which recommends rules changes to the ownership, had been split 4-4 on adding interference penalties, particularly non-flagged ones, to replay. But they tweaked the proposal L.J. Collier Jersey , and it remains part of the overall replay system, which was a critical component.Falcons President Rich McKay, chairman of the competition committee, said the analytics also played a role in the rules change. Of the 50 most incorrect on-field calls as determined by officiating director Al Riveron and his staff that were impactful, half of them were for defensive pass interference.?We felt this was a place to start,? McKay added. ?There was a lot of discussion and definitely a block of people on the committee and in membership concerned about the ability to put a flag on. We got more comfortable as we worked it out that it would be captured in the replay system.?It might have been a pyrrhic victory for Saints coach Sean Payton, a member of the competition committee, but he was a driving force in persuading many people such an alteration was needed.?It?s great when we can arrive at what we think is a good change,? Payton said. ?We wouldn?t have any of these on the docket had it not been for one play. I don?t think any of these would be on a replay discussion.?So my point is, I think we need to do a better job thinking forward and preparing, regardless of what?s currently out there. Where do we want to be in 2028? It?s a good way to work and come backward. I think we do that in a lot of other things. But I feel like at times we come in here each year and we?re in a little bit in a reactionary mode.?Not this time.Earlier in the day, the NFL owners voted down a proposal to replace the onside kick with one play from scrimmage http://www.seahawkscheapshops.com/cheap-authentic-marquise-blair-jersey , and tabled a suggestion to require each team to have one possession in overtime regardless of what happened on the first series of the extra period.Owners vetoed the idea of a one-year trial of a fourth-and-15 play from the offense?s 35-yard line to replace the onside kick, considered one of the game?s more dangerous plays. The powerful competition committee recommended the play by a vote of 7-1, but the owners were not swayed.The overtime change is championed by several clubs after the AFC championship game in January ? and the 2017 Super Bowl ? ended with a Patriots touchdown without the opponent getting the ball. New England won the coin toss both times.Currently, the format is a touchdown on the opening possession of OT ends the game, but a field goal allows the other team a series with the ball. If that team also kicks a field goal, the game continues.Owners will next take up the overtime topic at their May meeting.Approved on Tuesday:? Making permanent all kickoff rules implemented only for the 2018 season. Studies showed this player safety initiative worked.? Eliminating the blindside block in an effort to expand protection of a defenseless player. It is now a 15-yard penalty if a player initiates a block in which he is moving.?As a former player and father of two that play ball, and having the opportunity to coach (youth football),? football operations chief Troy Vincent said, ?this particular play, the blindside block, it ends careers, puts people on the shelf.?That particular technique D.K. Metcalf Jersey , I was taught that. To have that removed out of our game is significant.?? Allowing teams to elect to enforce on an extra point kick or play an opponent?s personal or unsportsmanlike conduct foul committed during a touchdown. SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) ? The San Francisco 49ers doubled down on their hefty investment in the defensive line this offseason in hopes it will raise the level of play of the entire unit.The Niners used the second overall pick in the draft on defensive end Nick Bosa after adding Dee Ford in a big-ticket acquisition earlier in the offseason. With Bosa and Ford added to a position group led by DeForest Buckner and two other recent first-round picks, expectations are high that a defense that struggled making big plays a year ago can deliver this season.?Our front has a chance to be special. They know it,? defensive coordinator Robert Saleh said Wednesday. ?With great expectations usually people rise to the level of those expectations. It?s like telling an offense to get by without a good quarterback. Our front is everything. It starts with the front. It?s a big man?s game. Big men usually win, talented big men anyway.?Few teams have invested more capital into acquiring talented defensive linemen than the 49ers have lately. They drafted Arik Armstead with the 17th overall pick in 2015, Buckner seventh in 2016 and then Solomon Thomas with the third selection in 2017. San Francisco became the first team in more than 40 years to use three top 10 picks on defensive linemen in a four-year span.While Armstead and Thomas have failed to make a big impact so far, Buckner went to the Pro Bowl last year after getting a career-high 12 sacks.Now add Bosa and Ford, a first-rounder for Kansas City in 2014, and the Niners should have one of the deepest defensive line groups in the NFL.?Great rushers complement,? said new defensive line coach Kris Kocurek. ?Any time you have multiple or three or four, the pass rush gets stronger and stronger, and the more resources the other team has to allocate to those guys to stop them from getting to the quarterback.?Along with the two new edge rushers http://www.seahawkscheapshops.com/cheap-authentic-cody-barton-jersey , the other big change on the line was the addition of Kocurek, who brings a more aggressive mentality and the wide-nine alignment to San Francisco that the team hopes will help generate more pressure off the edge.Kocurek likes to position a speed rusher in a wide-nine alignment where he will be positioned well outside the tackle and tight end to offer better containment in the run game and a better angle to rush the passer.The 49ers expect all the changes will upgrade a defense that set records for futility last year with seven takeaways and two interceptions. San Francisco made few additions in the secondary beyond the signing of oft-injured cornerback Jason Verrett, but is counting on more pressure leading to an increase in quarterback mistakes and takeaways.?Rush and coverage always work together,? cornerback Richard Sherman said. ?The best years I?ve had in this league we?ve had a rush that substantially affected the quarterback. Any time you have linemen in your face, you never feel you can step through your throws like you want to. The coordinator doesn?t feel comfortable calling deep routes like he wants to. It all works together.?The 49ers managed to generate pressure a year ago even without a dominant edge rusher. The Niners ranked eighth in the league with 180 quarterback pressures, according to SportRadar, and had the seventh-highest pressure rate at 29%. San Francisco was unable to turn that pressure into big plays, with the team ranking tied for 25th in the league with 36 sacks and struggling to generate takeaways.Saleh said those pressure rates were a bit deceiving because the Niners weren?t able to force opposing coordinators to call more quick-hitting passes that are easier for the secondary to defend, and they allowed the quarterback the time to go to his second and third options.?When an offense changes the way they approach us and the way they attack us, then I?ll know we?re getting pressure on the quarterback,? he said. ?Even though our pressure rate may be high, the routes we were seeing were longer developing.?That?s where Ford and Bosa come in. Ford had a career-high 13 sacks last season and led the NFL with seven forced fumbles Gary Jennings Jr. Jersey , but was deemed expendable by Kansas City, which was implementing a new defense under coordinator Steve Spagnuolo. The Niners dealt a 2020 second-round pick to the Chiefs for Ford and gave him a five-year, $87.5 million contract.The team didn?t stop there, drafting Bosa with the second overall pick after a stellar career at Ohio State. Bosa missed most of last season with an injury and is already sidelined this offseason by a balky hamstring, but is being counted on for big things by the Niners.?For us it?s just taking it personal at this point,? safety Jaquiski Tartt said. ?We have to take everything personal. We can be a top-five defense. We have the pieces. This year we have to show that.?