Roger Goodell talks catch rule, international slate and more

On Wednesday in Minneapolis, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell spoke about the catch rule, international games and much more.

Every year at the Super Bowl, Roger Goodell stands in front of the media hoard and takes questions for the better part of an hour. This year, the scribes descended on ample topics including how to fix the catch rule, which two teams would be playing in Mexico next season and why the Oakland Raiders were seen as complying with the Rooney Rule.

Goodell spoke at length about all three topics, including an interesting nugget on the catch rule, which has been a huge source of conversation for years. The commissioner believes it might be time to completely scrap the rule as is and rebuild it form the ground up, something that most fans could get on board with.

As for the international slate, it became official that the Kansas City Chiefs and Los Angeles Rams will be traveling to Mexico City. The game will be a home date for the Rams, who for the second consecutive year will lose a home game to the international schedule. Last year, Los Angeles played the Arizona Cardinals in England and won 33-0.

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Mexico is hoping to get more games played in the country, perhaps in other stadiums beyond Azteca. Still, the NFL is not quite ready to commit to that, even after having two successful endeavors over the past few years.

Finally, Goodell was asked about the Raiders and whether their hiring of Jon Gruden was in line with the Rooney Rule, which states that a team must interview at least one minority candidate for the job. Goodell backed the Raiders, saying that no rules were broken despite the immediate appointment of Gruden in Oakland.