‘The kicking team will kick off from its 35-yard line, and 10 members of that team will line up on the receiving team’s 40-yard line. At least nine players from the receiving team will line up between their 30 to 35-yard line.’
Archives for March 27, 2024
Former Buffalo Bills running back Damien Harris announces his retirement
‘In Week 6, while the Bills were playing the New York Giants, Harris suffered a neck injury and concussion and had to be taken off the field in an ambulance. The injury ended his season.’
Why the Bills need to draft a wide receiver in first or second round
‘Diggs will be 31 in November, it seems like he’s starting to go into gradual decline, and there’s a possibility the Bills could move on from him after the 2024 season, even though the dead cap hit would be steep. If not 2024, certainly after 2025. Hollins is on a one-year contract and he’s likely nothing more than a special teams contributor as opposed to a reliable offensive option.’
New NFL kickoff rules adopted for 2024: What to know about the radically different format
‘The Bills returned only 17 kickoffs for 349 yards, far and away the lowest totals in franchise history. They had 29 of Tyler Bass’ kickoffs returned for 649 yards and one touchdown.’
Goodell: NFL considered exempt list for Von Miller
‘”We did consider that,” Goodell told reporters at the annual league meetings in Orlando, Fla. “We felt it was not appropriate at the time based on all the facts.”‘
‘Was never going to be easy’: Experts discuss reaction to rumored PSL prices at new Buffalo Bills stadium
‘”They are going to be staged, they are going to be flighted cost-wise, based upon, again, supply and demand,” said Cimperman. “When you start to get into the corners, the end zones, and upstairs, historically — I haven’t seen the pricing, but historically — in other venues that pricing is less than it is for premium 50-yard-line seats.”‘
What the Bills are saying about the new kickoff format + other rule changes for the 2024 NFL season
‘”The two hot areas that we need to address are some of the injury data that’s coming off of the play, one, and then two is: this needs to be a real play,” said Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott to SiriusXM at the NFL owners meetings. “That’s how the game was constructed years and years ago and keeping the form and structure of that in our game is important. That the fans can see an exciting play but it doesn’t go to extremes.”‘