Appreciate this as I was curious about the play, remember one of them.
from the article:
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the Lions were kicking from 50-yard line thanks to a Commanders personal foul penalty on Detroit’s extra point (or two-point conversion) attempt.
Here’s where things get a little weird. Before the recent change to the new “dynamic” kickoff, any kick out of bounds would just be placed at the 40-yard line (or where it went out of bounds if it was further downfield). But that is no longer the case. Under new kickoff rules, when a kickoff goes out of bounds, it is now placed 25 yards from where the ball was kicked. In most cases, the ball is kicked from the team’s own 35-yard line, meaning the ball is placed on the returning team’s 40-yard line like normal. But because the Lions were pushed up 15 yards further downfield due to the penalty, the ball, by rule, gets placed at the 25-yard line.
Yep! Our leadership teams that includes the ST coaches suck
It’s also really dumb to apply personal fouls on kickoffs. The kickoff team can’t move until the ball is caught. So it does not matter if the ball is kicked from the 35 or 50. There is no advantage. So kicking it out of bounds was smart. Just bizarre rules though
Then you have the ridiculous onside kicks.
onside kicks should be able to be done at any time.
Agreed… The new kickoff formation sure sucks
And the landing zone sucks too. Squib kicks were a weapon if you had a good kicker
I like the new dynamic kick off.
It has resulted in more returns. And more big returns.
I would just make a few small changes.
Touch back is 30 not 35 yards.
Short of the landing zone / out of bounds is 40 yardline.
And instead of onside kick.
4th and 10 from their own 40.
Because onside kicks are SOOOOO rare to succeed at now.
From 2014 to 2017. It was over 16%
Since new rules. Under 5%
4th and 10 conversion rate is around 25% in the NFL.
They had to move the touchback from the 30 to the 35 because last year teams were just kicking the touchback. The 35 provides just enough juice to make allowing a kickoff worthwhile.
The 40-yard line penalty is still in force – it’s only negated (for OOB kicks) by a penalty during an extra point conversion. I kind of like that, actually.
The change I’d like to see is the landing zone expanded to the 25 yard line. Allow for more line-drive screwball kicks, which makes the kickoff even more exciting because now it’s difficult to field.
For onside kicks, expand the landing zone as well, make it like 30 yards deep so the receiving team has to cover more field, giving the kicking team a more realistic chance of recovering it.
That’s way too easy compared to an onside kick. Maybe a 4th and 20 play. The issue is what happens on a 5 yard illegal contact? Auto conversion? That would be terrible to lose possession over that
Good ideas. They would help
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