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Here are the notable new rules you’ll have to get used to for the 2024 season: A major change to kickoffs With most rules changes, even major ones, they don't change how the game looks.
The NFL is taking a page out of the United Football League's (UFL) book this year.. Ahead of the 2024 season, the NFL decided to completely overhaul its rules for kickoffs and change to a format ...
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 ...
Kickoffs into the end zone resulting in touchbacks became much more common in the NFL in 2011 as a result of a rule change. Whereas the kicking team previously kicked the ball off from their 30-yard line, the NFL moved the spot of the kickoff up 5 yards before the 2011 season in an attempt to avoid injuries from high-speed collisions.
The 2024 NFL league year and trading period started on March 13. On March 11, teams were allowed to exercise options for 2024 on players with option clauses in their contracts, submit qualifying offers to their pending restricted free agents, and submit a Minimum Salary Tender to retain exclusive negotiating rights to their players with expiring 2023 contracts and fewer than three accrued ...
The other big rule change was the ban on a dangerous type of tackle called the “swivel hip drop.” NFL executive Jeff Miller said the tackle was used 230 times last season and resulted in 15 ...
The major overhaul to special teams — which has been in the works for years — takes elements of the kickoff rules used in the XFL and tweaks them for use in the NFL beginning in 2024. The rule ...
The beginning of the game will look different in 2024 than it did in 2023, coaches will get one more chance per game to challenge an official's call, and a controversial tackle technique is being ...