Imagine missing this kickoff return. The Cal-Stanford game …….
"The band is out on the field!"...... lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bhbuEDYHho
Imagine missing this kickoff return. The Cal-Stanford game …….
“The band is out on the field!”......
Or just outlaw football entirely.
The commies wrecked everything. I won’t watch football even if you paid me.
The new Alliance of American Football isn’t even going to have kickoffs. Win the coin flip and take the ball on your own 25.
Yawn.
All these guys know how to do is take a knee....
unless the NFL lengthens & widens the field or changes kick off rules (ie. allowing fewer players on each side for special teams plays), we’ll likely never see another Super Bowl game opening kick-off returned for a TD.
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:
https://bit.ly/1OYKcF3
After a score, the "receiving" team gets the ball on the 10 or 15 yard line. They get to run one free play with no loss of down. To add some excitement, all rules against pre-snap motion by eligible receivers don't apply for this play. The five offensive linemen and the QB are the only ones who must come to a set before the ball is snapped.
After this play is over, the team keeps the ball wherever the play ends and starts their drive with a 1st down.
The NFL has soiled it’s own bed.
Sucks to be them.
Let’s see you risk your life little elbow grease. Tough talk from a guy sitting safely in his living room.
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Many moons ago, if the kicking team recovered the kick in the end zone it was a touch down for them! Another rule that was changed and I really don’t know when it did, but used to a offensive linemen or anyother of your own players could not keep pushing the running back forward, you would get a penalty for it!
Today’s kickoff rules have not only done away with returns, but made a successful onside kick nearly impossible
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbzmH7sVa-U
Greatest Kick Returns in Football
-— many are relatively recent
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?