New kick off rule voted thru by owners

[The Wiz]

 

 

 

 

Edited March 26 by The Wiz

[CheshireCT]

cool, interested to watch this, whatever it will look like, lol

[The Jokeman]

3 minutes ago, CheshireCT said:

cool, interested to watch this, whatever it will look like, lol

Yeah I haven't watched the UFL to see what this is all about, preseason will definitely be good to see how this rule works. 

[BuffaloBillyG]

I know some will hate it because "change bad" but I'm interested to see how this plays out. I like the idea of keeping returns relevant. Of course this would hit at a time where Buffalo doesn't have a clear "return specialist" rostered ..but let's see what the draft brings.

[LeGOATski]

5 minutes ago, CheshireCT said:

cool, interested to watch this, whatever it will look like, lol

It'll look like what the XFL has been doing.

 

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/nfl-kickoff-rule-proposal-explained-xfl-hybrid/39289cbbbc8478c42e177af9

[DrDawkinstein]

How would an onside kick attempt work?

[nucci]

 

[The Wiz]

Just now, DrDawkinstein said:

How would an onside kick attempt work?

It will be the same as it is now but needs to be declared that they are trying an onside kick prior to lining up.

[beebe]

there was one kickoff return TD the entire XFL season and i believe it was in the very first game. 

Edited March 26 by beebe

[Sweats]

.....lame

[CheshireCT]

3 minutes ago, Sweats said:

.....lame

now that I've seen the video above, I have to agree....... Lame. LOL

 

I guess this goes in the category of, "better than nothing." Personally, I miss the original kickoff, especially when you had a return man who could always bust one, but that's life.

 

 

[Chicken Boo]

Better than the current structure.  

[PetermansRedemption]

It was either this or completely eliminate the kick off. I’m not sure which I prefer, but I’m willing to give this one a try. 
 

How do the players know the kickoff returner has touched the ball? Surely they don’t turn around to watch. Do the officials blow a whistle to indicate it? 

[HappyDays]

The only thing I hate about this is the NFL keeps bouncing back and forth between special teams barely mattering at all and special teams suddenly being very important. It's hard to construct a roster when you don't even know what will be important on a year to year basis.

[warrior9]

I really dislike that they passed this without trying it for a year in the pre-season first, like have done with MANY other rules. If players, coaches, fans, etc hate it... why keep it? 

 

We may all love it but at the end, all of the rule changes coming are harming the game. 

[hondo in seattle]

I'm a traditionalist.  I don't like rule changes.

 

Except when they promote player safety like this one (hopefully) does.  

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

56 minutes ago, The Wiz said:

 

 

 

 

Even for the London games? 🤨

21 minutes ago, Sweats said:

.....lame

Not lame.

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[Brand J]

Good, it needed to be changed because it was essentially a “dead play” as McD described. Adios to surprise onside kickoffs, the only onside attempts that actually had a chance. I’d like to see that play modified too, they have something like a 3% success rate.

Edited March 26 by Brand J

[BuffaloBillyG]

14 minutes ago, warrior9 said:

I really dislike that they passed this without trying it for a year in the pre-season first, like have done with MANY other rules. If players, coaches, fans, etc hate it... why keep it? 

 

We may all love it but at the end, all of the rule changes coming are harming the game. 

It's only passed on a 1 season basis. They will review next off season if they will make it permanent. I personally think that's smarter as it gives them an entire season of actual gameplay to review things such as the overall impact on injuries, amount of returns ect rather than a 3 week window where a lot of guys are playing out of position and gives a minimal scope as to impact.

[Bruffalo]

I don't think this is going to fix much, and it's ultimately going to end up a "dead play" with teams opting to just put the ball on the 30 instead of risking a big play since returners are going to be much more talented then the caliber you see in the XFL (which seems like they get to the 30 most of the time anyways).