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Source: The NFL’s hybrid kickoff model has passed.
Link:https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1772612300785995802
Here is what it will look like. And will be a lot more fun.
Link:https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1772612546467369005
I'm of the opinion that 1) the NFL should be focused on making the game consistent at all levels and should mirror the youth and college game as close as possible 2) Should keep rules simple and not something that needs 3 pages to explain, contingencies for onside kicks, etc 3) Should resemble a football play, I'm open to let this play grow on me, but it really just seems like an off the wall compromise to me
The other levels could mirror the NFL, too. If anything, the NFL might be a better place to level-set, since the players have a voice, even if the NFLPA is kind off weak sauce. In general, though, I kind of like that the rules themselves can vary between levels of competition. Makes things interesting, and particularly at the high school level allows for things to be adjusted based on varying talent and experience levels.
Sorry. That ship sailed decades ago. Gridiron football is the EU Administrative Law of sports rulebooks.
This worked pretty well in the XFL. It ends up looking kinda like a punt return, except the gunners don't leave immediately. Fewer players with a full head of steam is a bit safer.
Honestly though, I think we're on a slow trend of slowly removing kicking from the game altogether. Punters have roughly the range of quarterbacks and could be replaced with a kind of hybrid fourth down where incompletions are turned over where the ball lands; kickoffs are already fading into the west like Elves; and placekicking is so far removed from the normal football skillsets that it's effectively just a way to randomize the reward of points for partially successful play in the other phases. Do some offseason alt-league experimenting, and I bet you could replace the goalposts with some sort of throwing target and get roughly the same scoring.