It is proposed that teams be allowed to increase the number of players a team can designate to return in a season from eight ...

Onside kick recovery rates have been hovering around 5% lately after being usually double that number, or even more. Teams ...

The NFL competition committee is recommending making the dynamic kickoff rule permanent and moving touchbacks to the 35-yard ...

The NFL's new kickoff formation has made the base play better. The onside kick continues to be bad. The success rate is low. Too low. The element of a potential surprise onside kick is off the table.

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New kickoff rules in 2024 increased the rate of returns from about 22% in 2023 to about 33% last season, and there are tweaks set to boost that rate.

The committee also proposed allowing teams to declare their intention for an onside kick at any point in the ... quarter and had a slight tweak in the formation in hopes of slightly increasing ...

The committee also proposed allowing teams to declare their intention for an onside kick at any point in the ... quarter and had a slight tweak in the formation in hopes of slightly increasing ...

In the first year of the UFL, the merged XFL-USFL used a traditional kickoff formation, with an onside option that consisted of a fourth-and-15 play from the kicking team's 25. This year ...

In the first year of the UFL, the merged XFL-USFL used a traditional kickoff formation, with an onside option that consisted of a fourth-and-15 play from the kicking team’s 25. This year, as the UFL ...