The NFL has been trying for years to find a balance on kickoffs to no avail. The traditional model caused too many injuries, and on review the switch to kickoffs from the 35 yard line resulted in far too many dead balls in 2023, rendering the kickoff process pointless.
Now the league is looking at another change to kickoffs, and plan to take page out of the XFL’s playbook. Team owners are expected to vote on a rule change in March which would switch the kickoff process to the XFL’s model, which seemed to find a balance between players getting to advance the ball, but without the devastating
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