New Proposal to replace onside kicks!!!

[TBR]

You're missing the point.

We're living in a CTE-conscious world. The NFL doesn't want plays where 10 guys on the field get 15-yard running head starts before they crash into 10 stationary, fairly defenseless guys trying to catch a football.

Kickoffs are an endangered species. The NFL is actively trying to get rid of them. It's just a matter of time.

It's a play that's seen maybe 3-4 times across the entire league per week. And it's not violent like you make it out to be. 10 of those guys are just trying to go after the ball. If such a play can't be tolerated, then what's being done about rest of the far more physical and frequent plays in an NFL game?

 

[Actual Pats Fan]

This is a USFL move.
The team flipping off their generations of fans is already blind. They may have everything to lose.
Why do these losers get a chance to ruin our helmets with a bogus logo with enemy colors?
NFW!!!

Reminiscing on anniversary of day the Patriots introduced their new logo

 

[libra957]

it's only a matter of time before someone proposes a 5th down.

 

[Sicilian]

I hate to poo poo on those who want to blame this suggestion on teams like the Chiefs or people like Polian, but this was actually suggested YEARS ago by our brand-spanking new Defensive Coordinator, Greg Schiano:

The Schiano Rule | Football Outsiders

In fairness to him, it was a response to the talks and whispers that the NFL would (eventually) remove the kickoff entirely, so something had to be put in it's place that still allowed for low-percentage play to get the ball back in desperation times.

And before anyone jumps on me, I'm NOT advocating for this change (though if the kickoff were abolished, this is my "favorite" option to replace it), just a heads up to those blaming the rest of the league when the origin of this idea is now in our backyard.

 

[Soliel]

I’m puttin a huge hell no on this one

 

[Simpelton]

I'm generally in favor of getting rid of the onside kick but I'd like to do it in a way that doesn't dilute the importance of special teams.

 

[brdmaverick]

From an entertainment perspective it has merit. A game really won’t be over when a team has the ball and is down two scores.......but the problem from a pure football sense is that the game probably deserves to be over.

It’s like intentional fouls benefiting teams in the nba.....while it keeps teams in it.....it goes against the spirit of the game

 

[Observer]

Yeah, keep giving the losing team more chances to win- make the rest of the game more and more meaningless to add a few seconds of excitement at the end.

 

[Bertil]

What about the SURPRISE Onside Kick, like the one that Sean Payton pulled on the Colts?

That wouldn't be possible with this new rule.

 

[Joker]

Stop this rule changing insanity before Goodell turns the NFL into the ridiculous NBA

 

[Soliel]

Stop this rule changing insanity before Goodell turns the NFL into the ridiculous NBA

Or worse, looking closer to WWE

 

[A Defiant Goose]

Change it to 4th and 30 and I might consider not laughing at such a terrible ****ing idea

 

[PatsFanSince74]

Your team does not have the ball -
you have no right to have the ball unless the opponent screws up.
So no - getting a free possession is a non starter.

Well, technically the team that just scored does have the ball. However, to maintain possession, under current rules, that team has to kick the ball off the ground for a distance greater than ten yards and recover that kick.

That said, I don't like this suggestion because it puts the other team (on "defense" in the "4th and 15" scenario) in an unfair situation.

The team with possession on offense has nothing to lose with aggressive play by receivers or blockers. They can push off, hold, do almost anything because they have everything to gain; if the penalty is called, they're no worse off than they were before. (I'm assuming that this is a situation where the "kicking" team has no choice but to score or lose the game.)

On the other hand, if a defender holds a receiver, is judged to have committed interference or done anything (like Roughing the Passer) that brings with it a 15 yard penalty or an automatic first down, they're screwed.

 

[Gator Mike]

New rules have onside kick recovery rates way down

"So far this season NFL teams have attempted 50 onside kicks and recovered just four of them, or 8 percent. Last year NFL teams attempted 57 onside kicks and recovered 12 of them, or 21 percent."​

Competition committee to recommend cutting kickoffs if injury rates don't drop

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Injury rates on NFL kickoffs remain so high that the league's competition committee will give a mandate: Make the play safer, or the committee will recommend its elimination in the near future.

At this week's owners meetings, the league's medical department presented statistics showing that concussions are five times as likely to happen on kickoffs as on an average play, according to Green Bay Packers president Mark Murphy -- who is a member of the competition committee.​

The message for the group, Murphy said, would be: "If you don't make changes to make it safer, we're going to do away with it. It's that serious. It's by far the most dangerous play in the game."​

 

[Actual Pats Fan]

if the kickoff were abolished, this is my "favorite" option to replace it

if football were abolished, a personal harem is my favorite option to replace it

 

[captain stone]

Stop this rule changing insanity before Goodell turns the NFL into the ridiculous NBA

Or worse, looking closer to WWE

Joker was right the first time.

 

[jrfitz06]

Get Ready this is happening sooner rather than later maybe even this year!!!!!! NFL owners will vote on wild fourth-quarter rule change that competition committee seems to like

 

[Ring 6]

it's only a matter of time before someone proposes a 5th down.

It will come after the patriots win with a 4th down stop.

 

[Ring 6]

Get Ready this is happening sooner rather than later maybe even this year!!!!!! NFL owners will vote on wild fourth-quarter rule change that competition committee seems to like

I’d say it can’t happen because it’s so stupid, but that hasn’t stopped the nfl before.

 

[Ice_Ice_Brady]

Does anyone recall my Modest Proposal thread to remove the defense from the field?

If they’re smart, every team in the NFL will be hiring seven rocket scientists to scheme up 15-yard plays. This has potential to fundamentally change the game.

The onside kick was the most interesting play in football. They couldn’t figure out a way to use the same concept with safety protocols?