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Kickoff returns are returning to the NFL. Team owners on Tuesday approved a new rule that will take what essentially had become “a dead play” and make it an integral part of the game again.
A few other things to know about the new rule: If the kickoff doesn’t make it past the return team’s 20-yard line, the ball is considered out of bounds , CBS Sports reported. The return team ...
ORLANDO – By a 29-3 vote, NFL owners approved major changes to kickoff rules for the 2024 season, adopting a version of the play the XFL had used in recent years. Under the new rules, the kicker ...
Kansas City Chiefs' Nikko Remigio, left, runs the opening kickoff past Houston Texans' Ka'imi Fairbairn (15) during the first half of an NFL football AFC divisional playoff game Saturday, Jan. 18 ...
ORLANDO, Fla. — The NFL kickoff is getting a makeover. As the league sought to preserve a key phase of the game while decreasing the injury risk that high-speed collisions with distance-boosted ...
The NFL’s new kickoff rule did what it was implemented to do in the preseason. Nearly 300 kickoffs were returned in the preseason, a 70.5% return rate that was the highest since 2014.
Jack McKessy, USA TODAY. Updated September 3, 2024 at 1:24 PM. The NFL is taking a page out of the United Football League's (UFL) book this year. ... NFL's new kickoff rules, explained.
The first two kickoffs under the NFL’s radical new rule were both returned a yard farther than the old touchback. Houston's Steven Sims fielded Cairo Santos' kickoff at the 5 and ran 21 yards ...