Former star defensive end J.J. Watt is interested in reducing the penalty yardage for offensive holding calls starting in the 2024 season.
The three-time Defensive Player of the Year suggested on Wednesday that an offense should get backed up by five yards when the penalty is enforced instead of the current mark of 10 yards.
"I think the refs understand that a 10-yard penalty is a massive penalty in the NFL," Watt said in an appearance on the Pat McAfee Show (h/t Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk). "So I think if you made [it] a 5-yard penalty, I think it's going to be called much more fairly and much more realistically.