We need to have a ref stand out there in the middle of the two lines wearing a crop top and booty shorts with 2 flags to signal when the boys can leave like a drag race
but it has to be - by law - the surliest, largest, male referee available. Or like, I can't remember the dude's name, the ref who was a full time lawyer, but like was jacked as all hell - muscles for days. that dude - in basically what amounts to a skimpier 'ken from barbie' outfit and yeah. that'd be the best.
Yeah, just think, what would Super Bowl 44, the Saints vs Colts, look like without the Onside kick to open the second half. It’s possible the Saints never would’ve won a Super Bowl if not for that epic call. Drew Brees and Sean Payton’s legacy would be diminished significantly. Sean Payton would most certainly not be the Head Coach of the Broncos currently. He likely wouldn’t be a head coach at all. He would’ve been fired after those 3 straight seasons of going 7-9. (2014, 2015, & 2016).
Sure, a couple super rare surprise onside kicks, but you also take away 14,000 kickoffs out of the end zone with no return at all. At least now there will be actual kick returns and real gameplay on kickoffs most of the time. I'll take that trade.
@@christianpilosi9563 Nah, I think to start the year people will try to play with the new kick off... But based on what I saw elite returners will be taking it to the house which will lead to teams just going back to booting the ball out of the end zone.
Wait there's still onside kicks just notclike they used to be there's certain times like end of half maybe last 2 mins and at end. I'm not positive but I think I heard that
The bad thing is it feels like returns now are gonna be between the 25-35 yard line, or a house call. No in between. No open field tackles once you get passed that big barrage of people. I fear it's gonna get stale REALLY fast
Honestly, if Derrick Henry is made the return man he's gonna win mvp for special teams. There is no way he gets THAT much of a running start and doesn't demolish some records.
@@softjones3128 I swear to you I called that Super Bowl kickoff TD as soon as the ball was kicked... As the cameras are flashing I go, "he's gonna house it". I wish I had that realization like 3 hours earlier to put some money on it, but the way that season was going I'm probably not the only one who had that same thought. Was that the year Prince killed it too?
To fix the start of the return, they need the back judge standing by the returner with his arm in the air. When it is touched he drops it and the cover team attacks. All they do is focus on that referee. This is a great addition. We needed to bring the kickoff back into the game like it was in the minor level games.
Problem with a whistle to start is that we all know the whistle will errantly be delayed a second while KC is returning and score a needed touchdown in the AFC Championship.
How about a new rule, kicking team isn’t allowed to move until the ball carrier reaches the end zone. That way nobody gets tackled and no one gets hurt??
It’s getting there they already banned the hip drop tackle eventually it will just be flag football where you’re not ever allowed to tackle anyone R.I.P kickoff
I hate the new kickoff rules. All of them. Imagine if the Saints were by rule unable to open the second half of their Super Bowl without the onside kick. Total BS.
facts since now Onside kicks are no longer a surprise. the saints caught indy off guard by the onside kick with the new rule saints would have to declare so indy would know what was coming onside kicks are dead and nfl killed it.
I thought the neutral zone area was going to be closer lol They still got like 20-30 yards to get up to full speed... the 40 times for Special Team defenders go brrrrrr
They pushed the kick up 10 yards to prevent kick returns from happening too often due to occurring injuries. Moving it back to its original spot would undo the purpose of moving it up. So this experimental change is to hopefully limit injuries and make kick returns become part of the game again.
NFL is liable for injuries because of how employment works. Even contractors have rights. The NFL get sued every year because they are responsible for the health of the contractors
They should put a light bar or something on the bottom of the upright. Have it default to yellow during regular play but on kickoffs it is red. Then change the light to green when they can leave the line.
Why even keep the kicking part of the kickoff? Just give the returner the ball in the end zone, let everyone line up according to these new rules and when the ref blows his whistle, everyone can move, including the guy with the ball already in his hands. You get one extra cover guy, there's no confusion on when players can move, and the kickers are less likely to get injured and teams don't have to rely on backup kickers as much.
They never should have changed the kickoff rules in the first place. Just go back to when they weren't consistently kicking through the end zone, and the touchback was the 20, and let the kickoff do its thing.
Rule probably needs to be that the kicking team can't move until it lands, but the receiving team can't move until the kicking team moves, since they are turned away from the ball. As far as calling false starts and policing jumpoffs, I'm not sure it's any different than sprinters and swimmers having to train themselves not to false start... I feel like nfl players can do the same.
That’s the rule - the receiving team has to be turned around? I was wondering why the receiving team was watching the returners and retreating back instead of moving forward to block as soon as a kicking team player moved.
that doesn’t solve the safety issue at all which is indirectly why touchbacks have been at a 90%+ rate the last few years So that “solution” isn’t really a solution at all lmao, but I will say that the onside part of this rule is my least favorite part so I can agree there. I think the kickoff itself is fine actually but the implication that you can’t surprise onside is really really bad imo so agreed 😅
@@kennethburchfield9239 idk what to tell you man, im just telling this guy the reason that the nfl was changing the kickoff rules in the first place. players got significantly more injuries on kickoff than any other play in football and it wasn’t close. So they wanted to make it safer, which is why they started playing with the kickoff rules a few years back. I’m just the messenger here i didn’t make that decision lmfao, tf are you getting mad at me for 🤣
Teams that have a good one cut wide zone back, and are willing to use them on returns, are going to dominate this. Could you imagine a dude like Chubb, or McCaffrey getting to hit that hole? That's a TD every time.
I wasn't a fan of this when it was introduced in XFL 2.0 and I'm never going to approve of it. I prefer the traditional kickoff. There's more risk and reward. Plus you have the onside kick. The UFL stuck to the USFL's traditional kick off rule. ( Do me a favor UFL PLEASE keep the current kick off rule. You'll get more viewers now next year! ) Thanks for reading. ( P.S. On a side note to help answer anyone's question on the current NFL's Onside at the time of this post: The Onside kick can only be allowed in the 4th quarter and you have to declare it. So much for being able to do what the New Orleans Saint's 2nd half opener surprise onside kick that helped them win a Super Bowl. 🙄 )
Problem with "risk vs reward" is that the risk was almost entirely of returners getting injured. There are more kicks where players get injured than there are big returns, there are radically more kicks where players get injured than successful onside kicks.
I would like to see a copy of the original rule book on football from its original inception from the 1800s. Have them play by those rules, otherwise it's not Football anymore.
The NFL has pretty much destroyed the kickoff with these stupid rule changes, and now they destroy it even further by eliminating the surprise onside kick for the trash concept they came up with. The kickoff was perfectly fine the way it was played for literal decades. There was zero need to change it. Go back to what it was. Move the ball back and have the players line up and get the running start with kicker like God intended it to be.
Might as well just get rid of the kick off at this point. Not much difference between 25 yard line and 30. Coaches were completely fine with letting teams have the 25
For the linemen, put lights on the goal post and give the button to the ref. When the ball is caught or bounces, the light turns green and the defense can move. Also have lights on the sidelines that are tied to the goal lights that the line ref can use to see if the defensive line is offsides.
Yeah, it got to the point where the kickoff was a waste of a play. People need to remember that this is sports ENTERTAINMENT, and there's no question that this improves that.
Here's an idea, Kick the ball off from the 25 yard line, if its a touchback the receiving team gets the ball at their own 20. 😮 Line the defenders up at both 40 yard lines. Kick returners will be more incentivized to return the kick to gain more than just 20 yards. Its dumb that they ever changed the traditional FOOTBALL KICK OFF from the game to begin with. BUT putting all defenders at the 40s would shorten the distance between the runners and the impacts wouldnt be as bad, and it could have some semblance of the original game! 🙄
there's gonna be a lot of returns, 2 good blocks and the returner won't be caught, could be 5% of the time could be 10%, I would bet there is a guy who gets 7 returns this year
And on certain teams it could be WAY higher. Like, this looks like Derrick Henry's wet dream. If the Ravens are smart he's gonna be returning kicks and it wouldn't shock me if he got a td every single game that way.
Nah, the original rule was always the 20 - yard line, they had to go 80 yards from there, 4/5 of the field. I wouldn't make a touch back at the 10 nor the 30. The 25 was sort of okay but for me, it made the field look short on plays when there was a touch back. I prefer the 20 as it always has been except until recently.
@@redsand-fi5oehow can there possibly be more touchbacks than what we already have? the problem with the kickoff rn is that its already like a 90%+ touchback rate, that’s literally what this rule is designed to prevent 😂
@@pebble312 that's what *moving the touch back to the 30* was designed to prevent. The counterpoint is that once return teams figure out who to put out and what to do with the new *Formation* , it's gonna be so hard to stop big plays and return TDs that teams are just gonna take the 30yd touch back anyways
@@pebble312 The rule was designed to prevent the kick off injuries. Thich is why both teams line up 10 yards apart and on the receiving side of the field. To prevent the high speed impact.
I like it, but there is a flaw. I would kick it into the end zone every time. Take the spot at the 30 because every return is going to make it out to the 25 minimum. Why chance a longer return?
It doesn't hurt to go one season and try it this way. Theres always a time when we can revert back to traditional kick offs or to another experimental kick off
The thing that bugs me about college ball is that every time they kick it out of the endzone they don't give the other team a chance to return. I know that is a strategy but it is boring to watch. At lease with this they are forcing action.
If only there was some way to make a loud sound that isn’t a whistle that they could use to indicate you can go! Alas, we do not yet have the technology…
Im 40 used to be a huge fan, becoming less of a fan every year, I only watch my home team games now and even dont go out of my way to do that anymore, NFL isnt what it used to be
I realize the game is called "FOOTball" but I seriously think they should eliminate kicking in any capacity altogether. You have to go for 2 points after a touchdown, and you have to go for it on 4th downs, even if you're own 5 yard line. It will eventually even out, but would create a ton of excitement...
Not having the commentator saying "And we are underway" while the kicking team runs down the field in epic form is in insult to the game. Anyone who like the new rule was never a fan of the sport.
Inside 2 minutes a team should be allowed to announce an on side kick and line up the same way. You can’t eliminate onside kicks from the game. That’s the worst thing.
It’s ironic that they made the change to protect players yet players are getting lit up more than the previous kickoffs…. They should’ve just reverted the touchback to the 20
It's literally been explained many times over a long period of time. Just look it up or watch any piece of media that has covered it. If you don't know by now, go back to your rock
@@squidwarddeep5064 now kickers are less valuable. No more dribbles, poock kicks, squib, high bounce kicks. Diminished their skill set. I think besides college, it'll be less of a skill from youth and HS players
As a non football native, but big football fan, I have a question about the tactics around the return. Pat mentioned the goal being to put the ball between the 5-10 yard lines. Is there value in having the ball land on the 20 so that returners have less time for lanes to develop and get defenders quicker?
What if they just used a red light green light. That way if they needed to review the replay on leaving early they could see the light color and there are no extra sounds
Yeah, just light up the play clock as the "green light" to signal it. They have them down low on both ends of the field, so I think it should work for both teams
Put a light under each goalpost that is controlled by the back judge and it activates it on the catch. This allows both teams equal reaction by watching for the light and can be looking forward to the opposing goalpost. Also a light is placed on the sidelines at the 37 yard line for the line judges to react to.
Those complaining about this seem to forget that the kickoff has been completely ruined for awhile now with basically every kick being a touchback. It's about time we see some returns!!
100% this makes the kickoff actually a potentially critical play instead of just a throwaway. I’ve been watching the NFL and the changes since the late 70s and I fuckin love this change. Who the hell wants a touch back
@@MajorFeez I think they moved it up to prevent injuries, but yeah, if the owners would ever even consider that, then I'd be fine with it. Just don't see it happening in today's day and age.
Glad they updated it. I literally couldn’t figure out why they kept letting it sail out of bounds or have them take a knee in the end zone. Now special teams can get real creative. It’s a basically a punt return. Much higher chance for big and dynamic plays with lower injury risk too. Seems like a win-win
Out of bounds is a flag and ball placed at the 45 ? Edit. Out of the back of the end zone is probably what you meant now I already responded before I thought about your question more 😊
They can put up a bright light up on the goal post and I have a buzzer when the kicking team is allowed to takeoff kind of like they do in basketball with the backboard
They messed up professional football! Straight turned the NFL into a powder puff United Football League! They removed a third of the kicking game, and now, the way defensive players can tackle has been changed as well, they've ruined the National Football League!
When a simple kick off became a 10-20 step program within itself smh. Im looking st my tattoo and asking myself, when did America become whimps with all these rules and regulations.
There is a failure in understanding even if there are more touchdowns they won’t be as exciting as they used to be. If you break through the first line here you’re gone, you used to have to beat multiple guys at different levels.
So what happens when the kicking team needs to regain possession? That's gone now. Why don't they just flip a coin to decide who wins and don't even bother playing?
Building more strategy AND excitement into a play that was too often just a boring placeholder in the game. Make it 35 and kickers skill levels are going to be even crazy better - placement AND hang time. Awesome evolution in the NFL.
