The Kickoff Return – Vanishing and Near Gone

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[a little elbow grease]

Super Bowl 41 - Eagles vs. Bears (Miami FL) Devin Hester (CHI) becomes only NFL player to return an opening kick in a Super Bowl for a TD:--- SB41 was *Colts* vs. Bears. Indy went on from that start to win big in the rain.

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That Super Bowl 41 reference was from post # 19.

Smoke someone else .... if it feels good.

[JonPreston]

What would Lombardi say?

[JohnBovenmyer]

Tim Dwight returned a (non-opening) KO for TD 20 years ago for the Falcons, against the Broncos, in XXXIII. I presume there have been others of those.

[a little elbow grease]

"What would Lombardi say?"

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LOL ..... different times.

Personally I miss the kickoff returns. Why don't they move the ball back again?

Maybe it's time for Tom Brady to rule over the kickoff balls --- DEFLATE 5%.

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Wiki -- "The official rules of the National Football League require footballs to be inflated to a gauge pressure between 12.5 and 13.5 pounds per square inch (psi) or 86 to 93 kPa, when measured by the referees."

[JonPreston]

Personally I miss the kickoff returns.

Me too and the new rules will cost some excellent special teams players their careers.

[a little elbow grease]

"Tim Dwight returned a (non-opening) KO for TD 20 years ago for the Falcons, against the Broncos, in XXXIII. I presume there have been others of those."

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Gotta wonder what odds Las Vegas is giving on a kickoff return for a touchdown this weekend.

[a little elbow grease]

"and the new rules will cost some excellent special teams players their careers"

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That's for sure.

[foreverfree]

Sorry, grease. I was correcting CCB and messed up. BTW I’m a non smoker.

[CaliforniaCraftBeer]

tx for the correction.

[Figment]

Today’s kickoff rules have not only done away with returns, but made a successful onside kick nearly impossible

[a little elbow grease]

BTW I’m a non smoker.----

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Congrats. I'm trying to get someone to quit.

;-)

[dfwgator]

Another rule I found that used to exist, is that if it is fourth down and you threw an incomplete pass into the end zone, it was a touchback, with the other team getting the ball on the 20, instead of from the spot of the fourth down...Weird.

[a little elbow grease]

"Another rule I found that used to exist, is that if it is fourth down and you threw an incomplete pass into the end zone, it was a touchback, with the other team getting the ball on the 20, instead of from the spot of the fourth down...Weird."

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What is the rule currently? Is it currently that after throwing an incomplete pass on 4th down in the end zone, is it currently that the ball is turned over to the other team at the line of scrimmage?

If the team with the ball is at the one yard line, and on 4th down throws an incomplete pass in the end zone, does the ball go over to the defensive team on the one yard line?

[a little elbow grease]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbzmH7sVa-U

Greatest Kick Returns in Football

-— many are relatively recent

[foreverfree]

You're welcome.

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[a little elbow grease]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbzmH7sVa-U

Tempting ......
These are great to see .......
Greatest Kick Returns in Football
I miss them .......

[BradyLS]

Kinda seemed that way, to me, as far back as the 70’s. And the 25? I thought it was the 20?. Most returns I ever saw made (which is a lowish number, I’ll admit) ended at about the 20, give or take. Why bother to run it back and waste the time if your team can simply start at the 25 by taking a knee in the end zone?

[a little elbow grease]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbzmH7sVa-U

These are great to see .......
Some Great Kick Returns in Football
I miss them .......