The Kansas City Chiefs, New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers were granted rights to Austria and Switzerland. The Atlanta Falcons became the fifth club to get Germany. Ireland and Northern Ireland went to the Pittsburgh Steelers, who got Mexico last year. The rights to France were awarded to the New Orleans Saints. The NFL has expanded its global marketing program to include two more teams and four more countries, raising the totals to 21 and 14. “At some point, could we try three? Possibly.”
“We’ll see what’s the impact to the Jaguars,” Goodell said. Goodell expressed an openness to teams spending more extended time overseas, with the Jacksonville Jaguars scheduled this year for consecutive games in London. “That’s just what I’m thinking right now, but we’ll see what happens.” “I suspect you’ll see more returns than less,” Eberflus said. “I ain’t never fair caught anything, so I don’t know.”Ĭhicago coach Matt Eberflus predicted a tactical shift toward squib, drop and drive kicks. They’ve always got their reasons why they put stuff in,” said Green Bay’s Keisean Nixon, who had one of the four kickoff return TDs in the 2022 season. “I’m sure it’s like a good rule for the NFL. There were 20 kickoff return scores in 2010 before the change. Over the last 12 seasons since kickoff tees were moved up to the 35-yard line from the 30, only 53 returns have resulted in touchdowns. The league moved touchbacks up from the 20-yard line to the 25 in 2016. We’ve just got to find ways to make the plays safer.” “You don’t want this play out of the game, because special teams has been a really good part of our game and it’s been a really good part of a lot of players’ and coaches’ careers,” McKay said. The XFL has only 5 yards between the kicking and returning teams, mostly downfield with a ban on movement until the returner has fielded the ball. The NFL will continue to examine alternatives, including what’s used in spring leagues. McKay acknowledged there’s no guarantee that the kickoff will forever be a part of the sport. “There may be more to come, because both the kickoff and punt continue to have higher rates of injuries than run or pass plays - and sometimes by a substantial margin.
“Not to say that there won’t be some unintended consequences, but sitting still and continuing to do nothing was unacceptable,” said Jeff Miller, the NFL’s executive vice president of communications, public affairs and policy. The NFL essentially copied a rule that was recently installed in college football. “We tend to get ourselves to the right place, but it’s never that comfortable.” I’ve seen these type of health and safety discussions,” said Atlanta Falcons chief executive officer Rich McKay, who is chairman of the competition committee. The proposal passed despite strong pushback from coaches and players across the league who argued the rule change will create uglier plays with squib and corner kicks that make fair catches impossible. “Can we continue to keep this play in an exciting way, but more importantly in a safe way? There’s a lot of work that’s going to be need to be done.” “There’ll be a lot more work to be done about how we can continue to evolve going forward,” Commissioner Roger Goodell said.
Kickoff app trial#
League owners voted Tuesday for a one-year trial of an enhanced touchback rule that will give the receiving team the ball at its own 25 with a fair catch of a kickoff anywhere behind that yard line. The existence of the kickoff itself remains under careful review. (AP) - The NFL has pushed the kickoff return further toward irrelevance with a priority on player safety.
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