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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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and while we're at it....get rid of the reeruned 2:00 warning.
that seems completely pointless IMO.
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Honestly, the NFL has already eliminated defenses. It makes sense that they would now eliminate special teams. The league today is nothing but quarterbacks playing catch with receivers, and the best quarterbacks win the championship, dragging the other 52 players along with them.
I really, really wish they would roll back some of the rules that are ruining the game.
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helmets w/out facemasks should do it.
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the problem here is there is a lot of players around the league that strictly make a living off special teams and kick off and kick return squads.
like whole careers. whether its a kick returner getting a chance to make a name for himself because hes a fast player who is last on the depth chart at WR, CB, HB, etc or a LBer buried as 5th string but can run down and make a tackle every game on kickoff, to maybe the situational young kicker who can kick the ball 100 yards with no accuracy and cant beat out the 45 year old guy on the team who makes field goals but cant kick more than 30 yards. essentially youd be cutting team rosters down to like 35-40 some guys. You wouldnt even need 53 players, plus a practice squad anymore. Essentially a whole new system. Taking away special teams eliminates 3rd string players on NFL rosters |
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We're probably going to see scoring records shattered.
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