TheKillerNacho Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-owners-pass-rule-to-place-ball-25-yard-line-fair-catch-kickoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoundrel Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 There are so many gifs I want to post but I’ve been neutered! Might as well play patty cake out on the field 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWil23 Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 Fine with me. It still makes me wonder how many of those returners roll the dice because they need a roster spot...or if you'll start seeing some rostered players who aren't specialists back there to just more or less catch the ball/fair catch it 90+% of the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DUKE Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 Happy that Bengals were one of the 5 no votes. Apparently Goddell lobbied hard over night after the vote failed the first time around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seminoles1 Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 Doesn't change anything for me. Kickoffs are boring anyways. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candyman93 Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 Kickoffs were dead after the safety rule changes. This is just the final mail in the coffin. Just have a dude fair catch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramssuperbowl99 Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 Quote Rich McKay, chairman of the NFL's competition committee, told NFL Network's Judy Battista. "The concussion rate on the play has gone up. It's gone up because the ball is being returned more by kicks that are being hung inside the 5-yard line. College made this rule change in maybe 2018 or 2019. We looked at their data and said, you know what, this is the right thing to do now." McKay and NFL executive Jeff Miller said Tuesday that their modeling says the kickoff return rate will decrease from 38% to 31% and the concussion rate will drop 15% due to the approved proposal. Smart, and good news. Silly that the league let the hanging kickoff strategy last as long as it did. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWil23 Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 1 minute ago, ramssuperbowl99 said: Quote Rich McKay, chairman of the NFL's competition committee, told NFL Network's Judy Battista. "The concussion rate on the play has gone up. It's gone up because the ball is being returned more by kicks that are being hung inside the 5-yard line. College made this rule change in maybe 2018 or 2019. We looked at their data and said, you know what, this is the right thing to do now." McKay and NFL executive Jeff Miller said Tuesday that their modeling says the kickoff return rate will decrease from 38% to 31% and the concussion rate will drop 15% due to the approved proposal. Smart, and good news. Silly that the league let the hanging kickoff strategy last as long as it did. Next on the docket, getting rid of TNF at the NFL level and making Thursday Night's great again. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramssuperbowl99 Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 6 minutes ago, MWil23 said: Next on the docket, getting rid of TNF at the NFL level and making Thursday Night's great again. Yeah I mean it goes without saying that the NFL doesn't give half a flying **** about player safety for the sake of it, and it's all about limiting legal liability. But, "hey, we reviewed the data and saw our rules increased concussion rate, while the NCAA rules decreased it, so we're gonna do what they do" is smart. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VigilantZombie Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 But they cant call for a fair catch after starting to run right? I mean, it would be laughable to let a returner start running only to call for a fair catch when he realizes he is gonna get obliterated at the 15. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dome Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 When I saw this last night I thought it applied to punts too and thought this was basically the nail in the coffin for good punters, pin them inside the 5 just to have a FC bring it back to the 25 lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFlaccoSeagulls Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 Why does the NFL still want kickoffs to be a thing, aside from gifting themselves an extra commercial break? That has to be the only reason at this point. Otherwise they're completely useless. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWil23 Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 51 minutes ago, VigilantZombie said: But they cant call for a fair catch after starting to run right? I mean, it would be laughable to let a returner start running only to call for a fair catch when he realizes he is gonna get obliterated at the 15. Out of curiosity...how exactly does one "fair catch" a ball that he's already caught and started to run? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D82 Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 I'm not a fan of this... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWil23 Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 Just now, AFlaccoSeagulls said: Why does the NFL still want kickoffs to be a thing, aside from gifting themselves an extra commercial break? That has to be the only reason at this point. Otherwise they're completely useless. They haven't found a good "onside kick alternative" if we're being completely honest. The 4th and 20 from your own 30/35 proposal is good on paper until you have a DPI/illegal contact penalty. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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