NFL pushes trade deadline back 1 week among minor rule tweaks

The NFL approved several minor rule changes in addition to the radical new kickoff format on Tuesday, including moving the trade deadline back one week, per NFL Network's Ian Rapoport.

The cutoff to make trades will now come on the Tuesday following Week 9 games. The deadline for the 2024 season will be Nov. 5.

Teams can now promote practice-squad passers to the active roster for games to fill the emergency third-quarterback role as often as needed. Previously, the emergency signal-caller couldn't be a practice-squad elevation.

Clubs will now also have an unlimited number of designated for return transactions in the postseason.

In addition to these updates, there'll now be a replay review anytime there's objective evidence that the game clock expired before a team snapped the ball. This previously wasn't reviewable in any capacity.

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