NFL owners approve revamped kickoff format | Get Up

This is far better than 98% of kicks being touchbacks.

Watching a guy potentially running a kick off back has been missing from football for a long time and it's great to see that come back!!

They need to approve a review ref the xfl has.

That hip drop tackle rule is still whack😂

What color are the team flags going to be? and are they attached to the uniform are they on a separate belt?

What happens to the onside kick???

The XFL had a high return rate so it sounds like a good change for the NFL.

I understand that this is for the players safety,
but we can all say goodbye to kick return yardage now. 😂

great change NFL
NOW BRING IN ALL GRASS FIELDS AND ONSIDE KICKS

Awesome! Each day brings me closer to that beautiful day when the NFL will be officially UNWATCHABLE!!!!!!

Special Teams matters more now.

Years ago people said the NFL would become the NFL stupid that's way you shouldn't changed the game every year

this is stupid. you can just squib it right near the defender everytime and there will be no touchdown returns

So as soon as they break a tackle at the line its an automatic return for a td? If everyones on the 35-40..... theres going to be a kick return for a td every game

I remember the good old days, when a player got knocked out and the opposing team celebrated such an amazing hit.....not stopping the game to pray smh. Football is so soft now smh

How will the squib kick work?

I think it's a great idea to try new rules packages in the spring league, and if they are successful, adopt as prudent to the NFL. I think this will be the first of quite a few changes brought about due to the freedom to tinker in the UFL.

Don't forget the addition of soft team colored pillows on the feild to lay the kick returner down on when you tackle him

it will be interesting to see how teams strategize this part of the game.

Very important to change the rules EVERY SINGLE YEAR

Remember: *Every Kick is an Onside Kick* (ie, the ball is live on every kickoff).
Given the location of the players (≈ 35 yard line), the onside kick is about to be *BANANAS*
This rule change puts the risk-reward (of every kickoff) in the kicking team's favor. Every team should just squib kick every ball to the *Line of Scrimmage* .
• Major Point #1: A good scheme will pervert this new rule into obsolescence
• Major Point #2: The first-team-to-score will have a dramatic advantage in every single NFL game
• Major Point #3: Nobody should ever declare that they're going to do an "onside kick"
This rule change was made with good intentions, but it has fatal flaws.

Somewhere, Jon Bois is smiling.

Loved it when the xfl brought this in and was sure it would be something the nfl would look at.

What about onside and squib kick. Also gonna be interesting to watch in bad weather but yeah at least it something new

Love the idea of the new rule hopefully it works out. As far as the onside kick, get rid of it, if the team wants the ball back you give them essentially a 4th and 15 you make it you get the ball as you would normally if not other teams ball.

I absolutely love this

Good change. Kickoff was such a fun play

now change the OT to the college format!!!!

Bart said - I take my comment back. This is STUPID! 😆😆

This brings more returns which I like, I am all for it

This is way better than what we had last year. Ofc I wish we still had the old version but this def an upgrade and I can’t complain. Unfortunately, the surprise onside kick is over and done with this rule change

What about punt offs though?

Should've just change to cfl rule. Where u have to give 5 yards to the reciever eitherwise it a 15 yard penalty

Ok now let's introduce the flags on ball carriers hips to replace tackling.

Jacoby Jones and Devin Hester would have a field day if they were still in the league…

THIS IS A GREAT CHANGE. Tbh idk how we were letting players hitting each other at full speed starting 50 yds away lol

Scoring is about to go up. Over/under trends based on stats for the last 40 years are out the window 😅

Can’t you still kick it out the back of the end zone?

what about onside kick?

Instead of onside kicks they should have an option where the team that just scored has an option to keep the ball on there own 20 yard line and it's 4th and 10. If they convert they keep the ball. If they don't it goes to the other team at that spot.

Actually like this change.
I think onside should be the old way though straight up kick and immediately go but cant touch until 10 yards. Somewhat like the scrum. The option should be the 4th and 15 or 20

I appreciate Bart Scott shouting out the legendary return men of Devin Hester and Dante Hall. They made returns must watch plays with their electric and exciting returns instead of what it is now, a bathroom, beer, or snack break.

One key difference is that nobody gets hit on touchbacks, but still 80% of kickoffs will still be touchbacks, maybe even more because you don’t want to take your chances giving up a big return

That look 🔥

My Dolphins funna have tyreek return kicks for sure now..😂 I can see him breaking returns sooo easily.

I like the idea. People are complaining about how it makes the onside kick even more irrelevant, but they haven't been useful for awhile now.

How about go back to the original kickoff format, forget about injuries, I want high speed collisions.

Are we going to start to see massive kickers as a last line of defense. I feel like this would be easier to return a TD than the old way, no?

No more surprise onside kicks. It has to be declared. Not so bad when one team is down multiple possessions with less than a quarter to play. One would be expecting it, no ? And one can have an imbalanced side now like in the past . Was better when one team could line up 9-10 players on one side. That was always cool to see.

There’s gonna be a lot of kick return TDs. Turpin is licking his chops right now.

So no more surprise onside kicks?

Devin Hester was so good he ended the Kickoff. How is he not a Hall of Famer?

Kavontae Turpin is about to have a big year especially since they banned the hip drop tackle😂

If they really want to make special teams more important, bring back the old onside kick rules but only if it’s tied or you’re trailing!!

So they are trying to make the scores higher and esepsically since the defense can tackle from behind via due to injuries

Kavontae Turpin is fixing to make house call after house call ⭐🤠

xfl is really good, and nfl saw it and they were like yea lets do that! hahah

Thats sick

Oorrrrr we can have Grass fields like the players want

So how does an onside kick work now?

This is pretty interesting

What about penalties that are enforced on the kickoff?

This is great for the betting industry!! 💰💰💰

Is this for that playoffs too?

MCDC,AG;&Fipp Flip! 🙃🦁

I like this rule it’s actually better than the hip hop ban

Jeff saying onsides instead onside is pissing me off

Ok great, but what about the onside kick.

I agree that having to declare ur going for an onside kick is stupid. After the tackle ban yesterday n now this? The NFL is finished.

Need to change the onside kick. Allowe teams to go for a do or die 4th and 20 and if you convert, the offense stays on the field. Onside kicks are one of the most useless scenarios in all sports

So what about onside? What abput touchback?

The NFL is becoming more and more like the NBA with all the rule manipulation to make players like Mahomes and Lamar Jackson look good by making their playmakers impossible to tackle in the same way that you can't hand check skinny players like Curry and Giannis without fouling out. Money continues to take the integrity out of professional sports. It's also ruining college football with the Big Ten and SEC guaranteeing that they'll produce the next twenty national champions.

i'll never understand people who say kickoff returns are the most exciting part of the game lol THEY 100% ARE NOT.... most of the time i'd CRINGE when my team would bring a kick out, because in my mind it meant they were more likely to get a block in the back or a holding flag, and the 1% of the time where a big return might happen doesn't negate the other 99% of the time where the kickoff is a great time to get up and go grab a fresh beer from the fridge without missing anything

The NFL owner's meeting every year is like congress now. They have to pass new laws every year to make us think we need them! We really dont. The NFL can do fine without new rules every year, so can the USA without new laws!

Just like the xfl kick off I love it

Oh wow bro. 😮

Needs to go back to the original version.. No more worrying about getting hurt

What about onside kicks

OK, so basically we just don’t get to watch good defense anymore we can’t hip drop people which is the only way for a smaller cornerback to tackle a larger player and were taking field away from the defense to protect. what’s next do we have to yell out to the offensive if we are in zone, man or blitzing?

I do t want to see kick off TDs I want to see hits 💥💥

It doesn’t change the fact that most kickers can still easily get touchbacks every time.

So NO onside kick opportunity now?

Going to be a record high on touchbacks this year... to the 30 is nothing...

Bart Scott was a pretty good football player. This man does NOT belong on TV as a talking head. His takes are always wild, and most of the time he says nothing of value. Most of the time hes on, he's just complaining or trying to get people to understand his horrible takes😂

That is unreal

Okay, so bc there is no surprise onside kick, I’m against it. You can’t get away from that… that takes away from the game and you just can’t do it. I guess Madden 25 (if it’s named that) will be unique this year tho with the new kick off.

So the onside kick is truly dead.

Why bother. Just have the offense start on the 25 yard line.

With some returners they are going to start kicking it out of bounds just to stop them at the 40

“Remember when” yeah that’s never gonna happen again. That should be the sentence that ruins our game. Welcome to cheerleading fellas. Two teams leading ew h other through organized routines. Basically what we watching. Thanks Roger.

So no more on side kicks?

Who gets injured on kick off??? The want more points scored

This is better cuz I don't want to go through another season of touchbacks.

so no onsides?

Make Kickoffs Great Again" XFL Scramble

What’s next for the sake of safety? Maybe restrict NASCAR, Indy, and Formula One drivers at speeds no faster than 35 MPH. Or restrict prize fights to belly and shoulder punches and 3 round bouts.

That will definitely save a few concussions

NFL players can get up to top speed in 5 steps, tell me they are not going to hit as hard.

I love it

Did they forget about the punt. High speed collision will still be there