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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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 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 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 ...
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 ...
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.