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Move the kick off point back ten yards
Pat is a tool.
Ya what really are the rules for kickoffs? lol i know there are no wedges anymore or whatever 3 or more or some but really i feel like its probably not gonna change much if at all what can u do?
xfl rules? or atleast move the ball back to the 25 for kickoffs and back to the 20 when fair caught or touchback
Crazy how the rules and all that stuff are softer now, but the core players lasted longer. Jerry Rice played 20 years at WR in an era there was no helmet to helmet penalty. Seems like these guys now don’t last as long.
Kickoff is dangerous. You have fringe players trying to make a name for themselves. Running full speed and colliding with other humans. Then the returner is running full speed with more than likely bigger dudes running full speed to tackle them. Kickoff can never really be safe.
" I need to feed my family…me too. Bang!" Lol
They completely neutered the defense. You can't hit the QB too hard is the biggest offense. If you have the ball in your hand it should be open season on yo azz. That's football.
put the touchback back to the 20. then a few more guys would decide to come out of the endzone
Change inside kicks so it only has to go 5 yards but teams stay lined up as they are now so it's more of a 50/50 jump ball
They need to relax on-side kicks or offer a 4th and 10 instead. The rule changes have made them super boring and way too hard to achieve.
Was just thinking about how much I missed kickoff returns the other day
This is football, look at the Rugby Union kick off…
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What part of football isn’t ruined? What’s catch? What’s roughing the passer? What’s targeting? What’s pass interference? What’s forward progress? What’s offsides? What’s false start? What’s a qb sneak? Literally not an aspect of the game is in a fixed state right now….
Because of ego the NFL won't copy any other reasonable course from other football; in CFL after FG ball placed at scrimage line for other team with no kickoff
The NFL has been trying to kill the kickoff and special teams in general for over a decade. They don’t want to do it too rapidly to anger the fan base, they’re doing it slowly and gradually. This offseason will mark the end of the kickoff. Extra points are next.
were pat’s parting words about doing what some data analytics person wanted an indirect shot at Jon Bois’ 4th & 15? lol
The NFL should adopt the CFL's 5 yard halo rule.
Stop drug teasing the players!
What about something like a 4th and 15 or 20 from your own 20-30 yard line and you punt it away?
Punt returns are generally more exciting than kickoff returns. Way fewer injuries in punt returns than kickoff returns. And there’s a built-in “onside kick” option by trotting the offense instead and trying to convert a first down. Also throw in that you always could have a fake punt at any time (like surprise onside kicks).
Calling the XFL kickoff “Mickey Mouse” when it resulted in more exciting and safe places, while the NFL’s new rules have made it so only 20% of kicks are even returned… hm…
This is an easy fix. Just rewind the rules back to where the used to be. If someone wants to complain about injuries……..IT'S FOOTBALL. It's so funny that such a tough sport keeps softening itself up. Anyone playing knows they might get hurt. If you are not okay with that, don't play.
Introduce the rouge for kickoffs – returns would go up immediately if not returning resulted in a point for the kicking team
The Schiano Proposal, I really like: replace kickoffs with 4th-and-15. Punts/punt returns are safer, more interesting and more like regular football than kickoffs.
Easy stop pussifyingthe sport
Just do what the CFL does. There's no fair catch rule. You just have to give the returner a 5 yard buffer prior to the catch.
Instead of special teams, each team hires 1-2 esports guys and kickoffs happen in Madden.
No more catches on kickoffs, camera angles, how much does theNFL have to steal frm the XFL before yall give the XFL a chance. Xfl>nfl
Referees do what they're paid to do.
They have specific instructions from above. And if they weren't following those intructions, they wouldn't still have a job.
Just like you and I, if you work for somebody, and don't follow the instructions from above you, you will be out of job. Same with referees.
My idea, if the ball is in the playable field (not touchdown areas) you can FC but the ball will be spotted at the 15 yard line. If it’s in the TD area then you can take the FC but for the 25 yard line. Incentives returns if playable and also stop kickers from booming it because then the spot is the 25 yard line.
We should just move to flag😂
If the kicker can kick it through the uprights it would be worth 2 points. Would increase the touchback rate.
Say what you want about the XFL kickoff. But as far as like having an exciting play and still keeping players " safe ". It is by far the best remedy. Cuts down massive collisions but still leaves room for an exciting play to happen. NFL needs to swallow its pride (because it's not like they've never stolen anything from the XFL before) and adopt how they do kick offs.
Literally just keep every single rule they’ve made over the last few years, wedges, positioning, etc, except put the touchback back to the 20, and put the kickoff back at 30
Xfl has a great kick off, no one runs until the ball is caught
A good possible solution to the kickoff problem: Change how the play goes.
Line up like you would have years ago, have the kick off be from the 20 yard line, players on opposite teams have to be 10 yards apart minimum, etc buuuuuut no one can move other than the kicker & the receiver until AFTER the ball is caught?
Sounds kinda stupid for the plays where nothing happens or there's a touchback, but it WOULD make returns be interesting & less dangerous in terms of impacts because the only one that might have a running headstart is the returner if the kick is short. It would change on-side kicks a lot as well if no one could start going until the ball hits the ground or someone, so that's something that would have to be considered as well, designating a thing specifically for on side kicks.
Just an idea
-No tackles/blocks on players without the ball on kick off both offense & Defence. (reduce qty of collisions)
-Receiving players can be anywhere between endzone and 40 (more targets to dodge for defence slowing speed of collision)
-if kicker kicks out of bounds on the full play starts on 50 if it bounces out the play starts where ball went out (incentives for good kicks and catching)
-kicking team players start on 50. (reduce the gap and speed of impact)
What happens if you penalize kick-offs that go out of the back of the end zone the same way as if it was kicked out of bounds. This way the kicker has to try to kick the ball short enough to not go out of the end zone and long enough to prevent giving up good starting field position for free. You could in conjunction change the penalty for kicking out of bounds to let the offense start on the 35 instead of the 40 so that you are not always giving up so much.
Plus this makes taking a 15 yd penalty on the kick off much more interesting.
Give an extra 10 years if the ball doesn’t bounce in bounds before going out on the kickoff.
Kicks will be shorter on average with more returned
How about you just let a team have two fair catches anthen after that they just penalized for yards or something
Just model it after the XFL kickoff method. That brought it back and it was exciting to see.