With the new fair catch rule bringing the ball out to the 25-yard line, expect to see a lot more hands waving on kickoffs in 2023. What are the rules for a safety kickoff in the NFL? When a defense records a safety by tackling the offense in its own end zone, the defen...
Kickoff returns are up to 32 percent this season, a solid jump from the 20 percent return rate in 2023. That's the kind of increase the league was hoping for when it pushed the new rules into play. What's even more encouraging is the drop in injuries. NFL executive vice president Jeff...
It also was important for everyone to understand the new rules, as evidenced by what happened to the Kansas City Chiefs when they tried to down a ball for a touchback only to have it be ruled as a safety. The play in question came late in the first half of Kansas City’s game at ...
The 2023 postseason featured the debut of a new NFL overtime rule that ensured both teams received at least one possession in any playoff game that ends tied after four quarters. Here's everything you need to know about the league's overtime rules. ...
A Brief Explainer of the New Rules Added for the 2024 NFL Season The Big Rule Change for NFL Kickoffs The most dramatic rule change coming to the NFL this season is undoubtedly the league's new procedure for kicking and returning kickoffs. In 2023, the league hit its lowest-ever levels ...
Here's an explanation of some of the rules that will be in place this fall. Basically everything. Owners agreed to a one-year trial of aradical change on kickoffswith a new system borrowed heavily from what was used in the XFL spring league. ...
In 2023, NFLPA executive director Lloyd Howell called on owners to convert the league's 15 artificial turf surfaces to grass. The league has pointed to data that shows a relatively narrow gap of noncontact, lower-body extremity injuries on natural and artificial surfaces, and instead has argued...
Again, what the kickoff will look like in August, September and October is a big one, if one that’s been backburnered a bit since the owners voted the new rules through in March. The first thing that’s been obvious in talking to different people the past few months about the kickoff...
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