The NFL announced its rule changes for the 2016 season, and we here at FTW are not impressed. The touchback rule is going to be a failure, and the ejection rule is just an overreaction to the Odell Beckham-Josh Norman game.

If the NFL really wants to improve its product, here are five rule changes it should make today.

1. Get rid of kickoffs

I have nothing against kickoffs. They can be exciting, for sure, but not often enough. There were 2,559 kickoffs last season, and only six were returned for touchdowns, while 57% of them were not returned at all. Now the league is trying create even more touchbacks with its latest rule change. There’s nothing more boring in sports than the touchback, which is usually bookended by two unbearable commercial breaks. Let’s just get rid of it all. And if returns are your thing, you still have punts to satisfy your special teams cravings.

2. Move the 2-point conversion up a yard

Congrats, NFL. By pushing back the extra point, you made those kicks somewhat more interesting. Extra points are still a bore though, so why not discourage teams from kicking them at all by encouraging them to go for two. That one yard would make a big difference in coaches’ decision making.

3. Give coaches one challenge but let them challenge anything

NFL coaches are bad at challenging plays, and those reviews take up a lot of time. The fewer opportunities these coaches have to bring the games to a halt, the better. If they get the challenge right, they get another challenge. That will force coaches to use their challenges more judicially. Also, give them the ability to challenge anything — even penalties. The whole you can’t challenge a judgement call thing is dumb. Every call a ref makes is a judgement call.

4. Soften the illegal formation rule

This is the NFL’s most pointless and restrictive rule. There must be seven players on the line of scrimmage, including one eligible receiver on either side. Here’s an example of an illegal formation:

The point of the rule is to bring some structure to formations. But more structure means less creativity, and that’s always a bad thing. I want to see the craziest formations that these coaches can come up with.

John Harbaugh would surely complain about it. He’s so afraid of getting duped by Bill Belichick again, the Ravens actually proposed that linemen reporting as eligible receivers wear pinnies during those plays. I did not make that up.

Sadly, there won't be pinnies. Was told #Ravens pinnie proposal failed, as did #Panthers' intentional grounding one. https://t.co/rfrJeuRLvA — Lorenzo Reyes (@LorenzoGReyes) March 22, 2016

5. Both teams get the ball in overtime, no matter what

I’m all for shortening games, especially the bad ones. But no one is going to complain about having to watch an extra possession in an overtime thriller. Aaron Rodgers’ season has ended in overtime two years in a row, and he did not touch the ball once in either of those extra periods. Playoff games are still being decided by coin flips.