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What are NFL rules changes in 2025? Kickoffs, OT, tush push
ESPN ^ | September 04, 2025 | Kevin Seifert

Posted on 09/04/2025 12:47:07 PM PDT by Red Badger

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1 posted on 09/04/2025 12:47:07 PM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Impy

NFL PING!....................


2 posted on 09/04/2025 12:47:27 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

the NFL homo kickoff is a sick joke ... there’s a much better and simpler way to improve kickoff yardage if that’s REALLY the goal: just move the kickoff ball further back by ten yards for the kickoff ...


3 posted on 09/04/2025 12:51:32 PM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: Red Badger

> Teams can now declare their intent to attempt an onside kick at any point in the game <

I don’t follow the NFL anything like I used to. But I am curious. Why should a team have to declare their intent to attempt an onside kick at all?


4 posted on 09/04/2025 12:53:17 PM PDT by Leaning Right (It's morning in America. Again.)
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To: Red Badger

While I lost interest before covid hit in 2020 I wish those who are still NFL fans to have a great season of watching it all. Have fun and enjoy.


5 posted on 09/04/2025 12:58:56 PM PDT by xp38
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the NFL homo kickoff is a sick joke

I'm all for trying out any steps taken to reduce concussions & CTE.

I'll never forget Junior Seau.

6 posted on 09/04/2025 1:00:31 PM PDT by Yossarian
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To: Leaning Right

The kicking team (other than the kicker) start on the receiving team’s 40 on a normal kickoff instead of behind their own 35 like it used to be or on an onside kick.

https://operations.nfl.com/the-rules/rules-changes/dynamic-kickoff-rule-explainer/


7 posted on 09/04/2025 1:02:36 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (I refuse to call the left "progressive" because I do not see slavery to the government as progress.)
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To: Red Badger
No more closed fist punches on your wife............Open handed slaps only from now on.
8 posted on 09/04/2025 1:04:42 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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9 posted on 09/04/2025 1:07:55 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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Here’s the rule I want to see.

One point for each doink on a Field Goal.


10 posted on 09/04/2025 1:08:25 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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The "homo kickoff" isn't the only thing "homo" in the "modern NFL" How about the "homo ass-hump", cutely referred to by sensitive sportscasters and their girl anal-ysts as the "tush push" ... a term that is, itself, "highly homo".
(Can you sense that I'm not a fan of that tactic?)
11 posted on 09/04/2025 1:08:51 PM PDT by glennaro (2025: The year of America's rebirth as a Great (and Free) Republic)
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To: Leaning Right

Because lining up is different than for a regular kickoff and may involve a different set of players............


12 posted on 09/04/2025 1:08:56 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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13 posted on 09/04/2025 1:10:12 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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I believe the 70 yard Field Goal will be set this year by the Jags and/or Cowboys kickers...................


14 posted on 09/04/2025 1:10:54 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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I believe the 70 yard Field Goal will be set this year by the Jags and/or Cowboys kickers...................


And it will be in Denver.


15 posted on 09/04/2025 1:11:29 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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I believe the 70 yard Field Goal will be set this year by the Jags and/or Cowboys kickers................... And it will be in Denver.

And kickers will soon be the highest paid players if they can do it routinely.

16 posted on 09/04/2025 1:12:58 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Leaning Right
Why should a team have to declare their intent to attempt an onside kick at all?

I think it's because the players on the kicking team line up downfield across the midfield line for a "normal" kickoff. They aren't allowed to attempt an onside kick in that configuration because 10 of the 11 players on the kicking team are already 10+ yards downfield before the ball is kicked.

17 posted on 09/04/2025 1:13:53 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Although my eyes were open, they might just as well be closed.")
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To: dfwgator

Well, the air is thinner there!..................


18 posted on 09/04/2025 1:14:54 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

Here is a rule I want: if the kick off goes thru the uprights then it is worth 1 point!


19 posted on 09/04/2025 1:16:30 PM PDT by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: KarlInOhio

Instead of an onside kick, I would have the option to go for the two-point conversion from the 5-yard line instead of the 2-yard line, and if you convert, you keep the ball and start from the 30 yard-line. So basically to keep the ball you must score a TD, a Field Goal does no good.


20 posted on 09/04/2025 1:18:07 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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