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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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12-07-2012, 06:27 AM | #196 |
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Neuter defense.
Neuter special teams. Only teams with QBs win. GREAT LEAGUE
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12-07-2012, 07:07 AM | #197 |
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FOOTball -- No KICKoffs.
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12-07-2012, 08:04 AM | #198 | |
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It just seems to me every kickoff ends up in touchback and really is useless now for the most part. JMHO |
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12-07-2012, 08:08 AM | #199 |
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really.
shaun smith would prefer TOUCHball.
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12-07-2012, 08:08 AM | #200 |
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they need to change the game's name to throwball now
what a POS goody goodell & his disney kiddy league is.
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12-07-2012, 08:27 AM | #202 |
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this is a horrible idea, and why the NFL has slowly fallen off my radar, with the exception of the Chiefs, since 2006. If NCAA gets a good playoff system, I'm pretty much done with the NFL. This just cements it.
but, while we're bitching.... I HATE the touchback. If that ****er lands in bounds....start running. and don't give the friggin' kicker a huge god damned kicking Tee.
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12-07-2012, 10:05 AM | #203 |
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A kickoff doesn't have to be returned for a touchdown to make it exciting. That's something that TDs:KO doesn't consider.
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12-07-2012, 10:38 AM | #204 |
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Goodell wants to get rid of the pro bowl and turn every game of the season into the pro bowl.
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12-07-2012, 10:42 AM | #205 |
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Technically its 4th and 10 on the kickoffs now, but the "QB" has to kick the ball.
I kinda like the concept, at least would like to see it played out in a preseason game or something. |
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12-07-2012, 10:44 AM | #206 |
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removing blitzing is next.
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12-07-2012, 11:10 AM | #207 | |
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But back to football, JC, if they do this, it'll be horrible. Then again, with so many KOs having flags thrown, I'm not sure they're as exciting as they used to be...
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They have in a way.. With all the holding that they don't "see" (because they're too focused on the QB and his safety evidently), I'm not sure if the blitz isn't going to become a thing of the past...
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12-07-2012, 11:24 AM | #210 |
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I don't really understand the outrage.
You're removing a kickoff, which almost ALWAYS ends in a touchback and the offense starting at the 20 yard line, and replacing it with a punt from the 30, which will almost ALWAYS end in a return and potentially an exciting play. I think it's a GREAT IDEA. |
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