swede700 Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 I was reading about that earlier...while I disagree with some of the specifics, I think it's a better option than the current ceremonial play. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcblack34 Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 I attended an XFL game and saw the kickoff in person. It is far superior to what is going on in the NFL right now. If they do not adopt this rule, then they need to just get rid of the play altogether. It is absolutely pointless. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemperFeist Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 5 hours ago, vike daddy said: The details have emerged as to the [new kickoff rules] proposal that will be made to the owners later this month in Orlando. As crafted, it potentially revolutionizes the play. Via Albert Breer of SI.com, all eleven members of the kicking team will line up on the opponent’s 40 yard line. Some of the members of the receiving team will be aligned five yards away, some will be up to 10 yards away. The kick will be required to land between the 20 and the goal line. If the ball goes into the end zone, possession starts at the 35. If it doesn’t make it to the 20, possession begins at the 40. If it hits inside the 20 and rolls into the end zone, the drive starts at the 20. No one can move (other than the kick returner, with up to two of them back for the ball) until the ball is caught or lands in the 0-20 landing zone. Teams also would no longer need a kickoff specialist who can bang the ball 75 yards. There will be a premium on placement within the landing zone, possibly via a line drive calculated to land within 20 to 40 yards of the kick and force the returner to handle it or risk having it skitter into the end zone. Or, alternatively, a team could find a non-kicker who can drop it into the landing zone, giving them an eleventh traditional defender who would participate in the pursuit of the man who catches the kick. The overriding goal is to remove high-speed collisions between players running in opposite directions. This approach packs everyone together, reducing the forces that will be applied, in theory. It also resurrects the kickoff as a viable, must-see play. https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/the-proposed-kickoff-change-would-revolutionize-the-play This just sounds like an over complicated mess. There’s aspects that sound promising, but the whole thing is just too much. The XFL got it right. Don’t overthink it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikesfan89 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Have they adopted any rules from the XFL before? They might have to swallow their pride Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swede700 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 8 minutes ago, vikesfan89 said: Have they adopted any rules from the XFL before? They might have to swallow their pride I believe this would be the closest to ever doing so...which was really the XFL's original goal, to be a testing ground for the NFL for new rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemperFeist Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Yeah, I’m good with the trade. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VikeManDan Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Good for Ezra, would Risner be looking at something similar? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swede700 Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 7 minutes ago, VikeManDan said: Good for Ezra, would Risner be looking at something similar? If he is, I wouldn't expect that to come from the Vikings, since that's a serious overpayment for Ezra. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vike daddy Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 Dalton Schultz played five years in Dallas before signing a one-year contract with the Texans last year, and he said on the Pat McAfee Show that there’s an enormous contrast between the two teams because in Houston players can put their energy into playing football. Schultz: “There’s people literally going on tours while you’re lifting in the weight room [in Dallas]. They’ve got a one-way mirror for people to look in. It’s literally a zoo. There’s people tapping on the glass, trying to get people’s attention while they’re doing power cleans or whatever. It’s different. That’s the brand that they’ve built, that’s what Jerry Jones likes, that’s the way they run things, and there’s nothing wrong with that, it’s just you don’t realize how many eyeballs and how much that can maybe distract from stuff in the locker room being in the facility, until you go somewhere else and you’re like, ‘Holy crap, there’s none of that.’” https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/dalton-schultz-in-houston-were-focused-on-football-in-dallas-it-was-a-zoo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swede700 Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 Comp picks are out...of course, no Vikings pick, as expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vike daddy Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 The Denver Broncos are in the process of trading wide receiver Jerry Jeudy to the Cleveland Browns in exchange for a fifth- and sixth-round draft pick, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported Saturday. Jeudy was drafted by the Broncos with the No. 15 overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft. NFL.com that didn't work out too well.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swede700 Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 7 hours ago, vike daddy said: The Denver Broncos are in the process of trading wide receiver Jerry Jeudy to the Cleveland Browns in exchange for a fifth- and sixth-round draft pick, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported Saturday. Jeudy was drafted by the Broncos with the No. 15 overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft. NFL.com that didn't work out too well.... Apparently, Paton is the worst trader ever, because you'd have to think he'd get more than that. Jeudy isn't JJ, but he's not Troy Williamson either. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjfja_fkdldjs Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 2 hours ago, swede700 said: Apparently, Paton is the worst trader ever, because you'd have to think he'd get more than that. Jeudy isn't JJ, but he's not Troy Williamson either. Well, he actually is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemperFeist Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 2 hours ago, swede700 said: Apparently, Payton is the worst trader ever, because you'd have to think he'd get more than that. FIFY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vike daddy Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 which teams reshaped themselves the most following Day 1 of free agency? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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