131 sats \ 6 replies \ @freetx OP 26 Mar \ parent \ on: NFL Approves Drastic New Kickoff Rule - All Players on Recv Side for Kickoffs Stacker_Sports
Also.
  1. Onside kick only in 4th Qtr and only if team is trailing
  2. AND you must declare onside kick before you do it
(so basically this will end onside kicks practically).
All of these rules seem like drastic changes, the NFL has already been a little unloved by public....I think there will be a backlash
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102 sats \ 5 replies \ @grayruby 26 Mar
Onside kicks aren't used much anyways and teams usually know they are going to do them anyways so I am not too concerned about that but the new tackling rules and the kickoff rules I am not a fan of.
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25 sats \ 4 replies \ @Undisciplined 26 Mar
The Donkeys did a surprise onside kick to open the season against the Raiders. They did not successfully recover it.
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21 sats \ 2 replies \ @grayruby 26 Mar
Interestingly enough the Raiders, 49ers and Packers were the only teams to vote against it. 49ers and Packers Special Teams were awful last year. Don't know how the Raiders fared.
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50 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 26 Mar
That's surprising to me. The Raiders might have the best kicker in the league. Touchbacks are more punitive now, so maybe they wanted to continue just booting it out of the back of the end zone.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 26 Mar
Probably the case.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 26 Mar
That's something the Broncos would do.
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