The proposed revolution to the kickoff rule has gotten a tweak, in the future earlier than the NFL’s homeowners will think about whether or not to undertake it for 2024.
By way of Kevin Seifert of ESPN.com, the touchback for a ball kicked into or out the tip zone would be the 30, not the 35.
It’s unclear whether or not a kick that fails to make it to the entrance of the touchdown zone (i.e., the receiving group’s 20) may also end result within the drive beginning on the 30 and never the 35.
The issue with making the touchback the 30 is that some groups, when confronted with the prospect of kicking to a harmful return specialist, will simply bang the ball deep and concede the 30. Provided that some groups would possibly select to make use of, say, a quick and explosive participant like Tyreek Hill to return kicks given the dramatically lowered probability of a high-speed collision, some coaches would possibly particularly go for a touchback in lieu of giving a quick and elusive returner the prospect to interrupt a long term.
Extra tweaks may occur. With every tweak, nevertheless, comes a possible consequence. That makes it solely extra doubtless that essentially the most prudent transfer can be to desk the proposal till Might, so that each one tweaks could be urged and absolutely thought of earlier than the thought turns into an official rule for the approaching season.
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