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The new kickoff rule reduces the high-speed collisions between players who are running at full speed from their own 35-yard line. The NFL has said concussions on kickoffs were happening at about ...
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 ...
The new rules eliminate the possibility of surprise onside kicks like the one that famously turned the tide in Super Bowl 44 when New Orleans stole an extra possession by recovering an onside kick ...
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 ...
In 2024 NFL rules, onside kicks are only allowed in the fourth quarter of games and if the team doing it is losing. The losing team additionally must declare it is attempting the onside kick, thus eliminating the surprise factor prior to the rule change.
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 ...
NFL owners voted to radically alter kickoff rules for the 2024 season. The new rules are intended to make the play safer and make returns more likely.
That postseason change came after Buffalo’s loss to Kansas City in a divisional-round game in January 2022. Making the overtime rules the same in the regular season is a possible solution, along with extending the period to 15 minutes. Among other changes, the NFL plans to use its virtual measuring system to determine first downs in 2025.