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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 ...
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.
The NFL has radically altered the kickoff rule for this season, which officially begins when the Kansas City Chiefs take on the Baltimore Ravens on Sept. 5 on NBC in a rematch of last season's AFC ...
[1] [2] Ties have counted as a half-win and half-loss in league standings since 1972; before that, ties were not counted in the standings at all. [3] Tie games were once frequent in the NFL, but have become increasingly uncommon due to a rule change in 1974 that extended the existing sudden-death overtime for post-season games into the regular ...
The NFL has banned the "swivel" technique of the hip-drop tackle, similar to this one that injured Ravens tight end Mark Andrews last season. (Photo by Mark Goldman/Icon Sportswire via Getty ...
The tuck rule was called in Week 2 of an NFL regular season matchup on September 23, 2001, between the New England Patriots and the New York Jets. [2] With 1:01 left in the second quarter, Patriots defensive end Anthony Pleasant apparently forced Jets quarterback Vinny Testaverde to fumble the ball, with Patriots defensive end Richard Seymour making a recovery. [3]
This rules change had the corollary effect of opening the game to offensive and defensive specialization — the so-called "two-platoon" system. The first known use of the "two-platoon" system was by Michigan head coach Fritz Crisler in 1945 against an Army team under head coach "Colonel" Earl "Red" Blaik .
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.