Here is what you need to know. Changes to kickoff and onside kicks In the 2024 season, when a touchback was called, a team would start out with the ball on their own 30-yard line. This year, a ...

Here is what you need to know. Changes to kickoff and onside kicks In the 2024 season, when a touchback was called, a team would start out with the ball on their own 30-yard line.

“The committee just wants to try that for a year, see if the percentages of recovered onside kicks gets up to a little bit more in the 10-12% range, which is historically where it’s been and ...

The NFL’s one-year experiment with the new kickoff rule becomes permanent this season with a new tweak that the league hopes will lead to a bigger increase in the rate of returns. The league ...

Last season, only a team that was trailing in the fourth quarter could attempt an onside kick. In addition, players on the kicking team will now be allowed to line up at the 35-yard line.

The NFL also approved a small change to the onside kick rule. Under the old rule, a team could only attempt an onside kick in the fourth quarter and they had to be trailing.

The new onside kick rules in the NFL were on display in Week 2 Sunday when the Indianapolis Colts and San Francisco 49ers attempted it.

The NFL added regular season overtime in 1974, adding a 15-minute sudden death period that ended on any score. In 2010, the rule was tweaked to a modified sudden death that required an opening ...

The NFL’s one-year experiment with the new kickoff rule becomes permanent this season with a new tweak that the league hopes will lead to a bigger increase in the rate of returns.