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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, 12:59 PM | #46 |
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Guess I totally missunderstood. They lost me at taking away the kickoff. The kickoff is when the adrenaline rushes in.
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12-06-2012, 12:59 PM | #47 |
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This just sounds completely awful.
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12-06-2012, 01:02 PM | #50 |
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Next step, replacing the football with a soccer ball and instituting a no hands rule.
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12-06-2012, 01:02 PM | #51 |
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That's literally one of the dumbest ideas I've ever heard.
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12-06-2012, 01:03 PM | #52 |
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Dante Hall, Devin Hester, Joshua Cribbs, Brian Mitchell, Deion Sanders all are saying "What you talking about Willis?"
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12-06-2012, 01:05 PM | #54 |
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Goodell is ruining this game.
It's a pussy league enough already. |
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12-06-2012, 01:06 PM | #55 |
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I think something much more compelling that I would love to see an NFL team try (it won't ever happen because NFL coaches mindlessly follow what the leader of the pack is doing) is never punting. The case is very compelling.
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12-06-2012, 01:10 PM | #56 |
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Roger Goodell is a steaming pile of shit
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12-06-2012, 01:13 PM | #57 |
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**** you Roger.
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