The surprise onside kick isn’t a common practice, with only one being attempted all last season when Denver had an unsuccessful attempt on the opening kick of the season against Las Vegas. In all, there have been five successful onside kicks in the first three quarters of games...
Rule changes led to ... rule changes. The kickoff was almost becoming a waste of time. There were returns on just 21.8% of kickoffs in 2023 (zero in theSuper Bowl). As recently as 2010, 80% of kicks had a return. But the league changed rules around alignment and blocking ...
Then as Declan Rice puts his hand up - let's give him credit for the sensational delivery - the four or five players move into the line and then come back in between the Liverpool players into onside positions. That does two things. One, obviously you're onside. Two, it creat...