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12-06-2012, 12:32 PM | Topic Starter |
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Goodell considering doing away with kickoffs
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap100...ating-kickoffs
When the NFL changed the line of scrimmage for kickoffs to increase touchbacks, New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick derisively said that it was only a matter of time before the NFL eliminated kickoffs entirely. He believed that's what the NFL wanted to do. Belichick might wind up being proven right. Roger Goodell through the years Take a look at photos of Roger Goodell through the years. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said that he's taken it under consideration to remove the kickoff entirely. "It's an off-the-wall idea. It's different and makes you think differently. It did me," Goodell told TIME in a cover story for the Dec. 17 issue. Even more intriguing is an alternative concept promoted by Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Greg Schiano. Goodell met with the NFL competition committee chairman about the concept. "After a touchdown or field goal, instead of kicking off, a team would get the ball on its own 30-yard line, where it's fourth and 15," TIME's Sean Gregory writes. "The options are either to go for it and try to retain possession or punt. If you go for it and fall short, of course, the opposing team would take over with good field position. In essence, a punt replaces the kickoffs." It's an interesting idea. We haven't seen the numbers that punts are that much safer than kickoffs, but the NFL must have the data to support the notion if they were considering it. The implications for strategy are even more intriguing. If a team is trailing by more than one score very late in the fourth quarter, they likely would to try to go for it on fourth-and-15 instead of punting. That's not an easy situation to convert, but the concept would still make it easier to make a comeback without ever giving the ball back to an opponent. |
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12-06-2012, 12:33 PM | #2 |
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12-06-2012, 12:35 PM | #3 |
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Uh, no.
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12-06-2012, 12:35 PM | #4 |
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geez the arena league conversion continues.
Goodell needs to be removed from his position.
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12-06-2012, 02:30 PM | #5 |
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1000x agree. I HATE arena football and don't want to see every game 44-39
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12-06-2012, 12:35 PM | #6 |
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12-06-2012, 12:35 PM | #7 |
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WTF?
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12-06-2012, 12:35 PM | #8 |
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Stupid. Put a waiver in contracts and keep the game as is...
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12-06-2012, 01:31 PM | #9 |
Facts are stubborn things.
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12-06-2012, 12:36 PM | #11 |
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**** Goodell
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12-06-2012, 12:37 PM | #12 |
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Make it, take it, ftw!
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12-06-2012, 12:37 PM | #13 |
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Goodell please have a seet and lets talk about this
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12-06-2012, 12:37 PM | #14 |
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Seems like a horrible gimmick to me, just leave it the way it is.
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12-06-2012, 12:37 PM | #15 |
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Does this mean less tv timeouts? If so, I'm all for it.
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