the system notifies officials if a first down was achieved. The Hawk-Eye system received "extensive testing" in 2024, according to Kimberly Fields, NFL senior vice president of football operations.

The Lions have proposed removing the automatic first down for defensive holding and illegal contact fouls. The goal is to remove what the Lions view as an overly punitive outcome, with a five-yard ...

Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images The NFL is planning to modernize the first down measurement system in 2025, league football operations representatives said on Wednesday. Beginning in the 2025 season ...

File: The first-down chains are brought out to measure for a first down during the Kansas City Chiefs against the New York Jets on October 26, 2008 at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford ...

College Football Navy secures big first down on fourth-down, fake-punt conversion Navy's defensive lineman Landon Robinson takes the ball on the fake punt and picks up a 22-yard first down.

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith takes off for a 16-yard first-down scramble in Week 17 against the Bears. Seattle Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith takes off for a 16-yard first-down ...

The 2025 rules proposals are out. And the Lions have offered a potential rule change for which there had been no advance buzz. Detroit wants the automatic first down to be eliminated from the rules ...

While meeting with reporters at the 2025 NFL scouting combine, executive vice president of football operations ... Josh Allen was called short of a first down—that many believe he clearly ...