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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
The new setup will have the first line of kickoff defenders at the opposing team's 40-yard line, with opponents on the kick return team lined up between the 30 and 35 and two kick returners lined ...
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.