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The NFL is seeking to sack such tedium. Back in March, the league passed new kickoff rules for this upcoming season, which begins on September 5. They’re somewhat convoluted, but here’s our ...
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 ...
There are at least eight separate changes to the NFL kickoff rules, which are explained in great detail in this piece by Yahoo Sports' Jori Epstein. In short, the new kickoff is essentially what ...
At the NFL’s Annual League Meeting on March 26, team owners officially voted to approve a new kickoff format, adopting a system that was first seen in the XFL. The vote passed 29-3, per the NFL .
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.
Of course, the NFL, drawing on the expertise of many special teams coaches, adopted the new kickoff play (beginning with a one-year trial this season) in an effort to bring the return back into ...
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.
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 ...