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You heard it here 1st, there will be an XFL team at Soldier Field once the Bears move haha
I think their kick offs are better then the NFL.
XFL Kickoff Sucks. Agreed. I enjoy the league but kickoff sucks
Sorry but the XFL kickoff is GOAT'ed
10s of ppl watch
I feel like I have to watch to support Pat. Especially after being sued by the most arrogant a-hole QB ever.
I think this is the logical first step to getting rid of kick offs all-together. Of course Pat wouldn't be for that
Stand tall Pat. Can't let this lame ass kick-off style spread
Just bring the regular kickoffs back
I'm tired of the anti-kicking mentality in football. Not just for the kickoff but for all special teams in general. They keep trending towards eliminating kickoffs, eliminating extra points, or restricting when you can/can't kick or who can even frickin' move on a kick.
A lot of people keep saying kicking is boring, but that's mainly because of how many restrictions they keep putting on it. I want complete freedom in kicking…
Kickoffs: The ball must go 10 yards, then it's a 100% live ball that anyone can recover/return. None of this "The receiving team is the only one that can touch it" or "If it goes to the end zone you can just stick your arms out and ignore it". Those rules are what is making kickoffs a joke.
Punts/Field Goals: They should be legal at literally any time. Regardless of formation, regardless of where you are on the field, regardless if you've passed the line of scrimmage, regardless of if the other team just kicked it themselves (Most of this even occurs in CFL right now).
These rules would bring the game back in line with Rugby rules, which are football's roots. They would make the game so much more exciting and allow for entertaining scenarios. If you're worried about safety, that's fine, but look at ways to tweak these rules and not completely eliminate the play or gut it so much that it's something different, a la XFL.
USFL's kickoff rules are kind of going the correct direction. Their kickoff at least still resembles a normal kickoff, but requires almost all the players to line up next to each other at the 10-yard mark to reduce high-speed collisions. Still don't agree with the "receiving team gets to touch the ball first" rule, but this is at least the type of modification you make without gutting the entire basic concept.
I just wish punting was normal or if you could at least punt out of bounds
Didn’t Pat love the XFL kickoff in 2020? I swear I remember a clip of him saying that it was good back then
Every time the league changes rules in the name of safety, they make the game less competitive.
I miss runbacks for TD and onside kicks that turn the game around. Saints wouldn't have won SB44 without onside kick. Punts are FAR more dangerous for the receiver than kick offs have ever been.
I mean if we keep seeing nothing but touchbacks in the NFL they might as well get rid of the kickoff completely. A lot of us prefer the XFL kickoff because there’s less touchbacks and kick returns become apart of the game again instead of just a formality
Josh Gordon. Lol
Does this mean San Diego is getting an XFL team?
Sorry bro I actually like the XFL kick off
I follow the ELF which adopted the same Kickoff rules last season, and it did not change the average field position all that much. There were a couple more big returns, but less TDs. And the injuries didn't go down, it was just different injuries. So in the end it really doesn't matter.
My spin on these rules would be that if you kick it through the uprights, the ball will be placed at the 15. If you hit the upright it will be placed at the 5. If it is a regular touchback, it will be placed at the 35. It would create a bigger incentive to kick it deep.
XFL kickoff is better than having a touch back every time.
The kickoff in the XFL has over a 90% return rate vs the NFL being below 50% return, but yeah don't look at or adopt XFL kick-off rules at all .
If you want to make the kickoff safer, make it 2v1. Kicker and gunner versus returner lol
San Diego should get an XFL team
It’s way better than the bs the NFL does where there are barely ever any returns anymore, better than watching the kicker meaninglessly kick it out of the end zone every play
XFL kickoffs are superior to the nfl. The 4th and 15 is superior to the onside kick.
I love the kickoffs
I think the XFL kickoff is 100% better than the NFL's touchback parade.
XFL KICKING BRINGS OUT THE SHILL IN PAT MCAFEE? GAHDAHM, BIG DAWG
The future is now, old man
get rid of all kicking altogether in football. No kicking, no punting, no field goals, no extra points. you have to go for every 4th down and every 2 point conversion. kicking makes the games worse
i think if the XFL wanted to do things the smart way they would be looking at being a development league
They wanna make the game “safer” but you have to do OTAs , then they extended pre season, and then they extended the regular season and then they made all these rules to increase scoring and prevent QB injuries which only ends up injuring other players 😂
Xfl kickoff is awesome!!!
That XFL kickoff is way more exciting than the NFL. Give it time to see what creative special teams coaches do to spring the returner.
Pat's worst take in ages unfortunately
Pat, dude, you are the MFing man. On this, you are dead-ass wrong. I think the XFL's kickoff method should be emulated at every level. This allows kickoffs and returns to occur while making them safe.
Yeah, Pat. I hate player safety too. Making sure the kickoff looks "good" is clearly much more important.
shut up pat
The NFL should adopt the special teams rules of the XFL. It makes that aspect of the game just as interesting as the other two.
san Diego
The rules the NFL really can use from the xfl is the instant replay and the 4th and 15 instead of onside kick rule…I'm not sure about the kickoff stuff I'm definitely not a fan of them taking away the "coffin corner" punt that's a high skill play that plays a big role in strategy and field position making good special teams important…pinning a team inside the 5 with a perfect corner kick can completely change the game
I like the part where they explained why they don't like it