The Chargers did not submit any rule or bylaw proposals for the 2025 season.
But they could certainly be impacted if some of them go through.
The NFL announced Wednesday that the league's Competition Committee has submitted a proposal to move the spot of the ball on touchbacks from the 30-yard line to the 35-yard line on kicks sent into the end zone.
The revamped kickoff rule, which was introduced last season, included revised formations and had the ball spotted at the 30-yard line on touchbacks. The new proposal is to incentivize more returns.
The proposal also includes a section on onside kicks and would eliminate the requirement that they would only be allowed in the fourth quarter. Teams would still need to declare the intention to try and onside kick.
The Competition Committee also submitted a proposal involving officiating. The proposal includes expanding replay officials' ability to advise on-field officials "on specific, objective aspects of a play and/or address game administration issues when clear and obvious video evidence is present."
This effectively empowers those with video at their disposal to help on-field officials make correct calls in a timely manner.
These two new additional proposals will be reviewed later this month at the NFL Annual League Meeting in Florida.
Rule changes and proposals that were made public last week will also be reviewed. All proposals must be approved by 75 percent (24) of the clubs to be adopted.
The Lions submitted a bylaw proposal to amend the current playoff seeding format that would allow Wild Card teams to be seeded higher than a division champion if the Wild Card team has a better regular-season record.
That scenario would have meant the Chargers played a home game in the recent Wild Card Round of the playoffs. Los Angeles was an 11-win Wild Card team and traveled to Houston to face the 10-win Texans, who won the AFC South.
Perhaps the other most notable proposal came from the Eagles, who suggested aligning the regular-season and postseason overtime rules.
This would give both teams a chance to possess the ball in a regular-season overtime, where the rules currently state that a one team could win via touchdown on the first possession and deny the other team a chance to counter.
Here are a handful of other notable proposals from around the league:
— The Steelers want to permit teams to be able to talk to prospective unrestricted free agents during the free agency legal tampering period with one video or phone call with said player and their agent. Pittsburgh also suggests teams be able to arrange for the player's travel upon agreeing to terms, although that travel can't take place until the New League Year.
— The Lions want to eliminate offenses getting an automatic first down for defensive holding and illegal contact penalties.
— The Packers want to prohibit an offensive player from pushing a teammate immediately at the snap if that player was lined up directly behind the snapper and receives the snap. (This is commonly known as 'The Tush Push.')
— The Lions want a player placed on Injured Reserve before or on the day of the roster cutdowns to not count against the 90-man roster limit unless such player is Designated for Return.