NFL approves new rules on kickoffs, ejections
May
22
5/22/2018 6:10:42 PM
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The NFL today approved changes to kickoffs as well as replay review of all NFL player ejections, ESPN reports.
The kickoff rule changes will be reevaluated after the season.
The changes to kickoffs, designed to reduce high-speed collisions, include the following:
The elimination of running starts for kickoff coverage teams
A requirement that eight of the 11 men on the return team must be aligned in the "setup zone" within 15 yards of the ball
No blocking within the "setup zone" until after the ball touches the ground
The elimination of two-man wedge blocks
Kickoff team must have five men lined up on either side of the ball, a move that will limit schemes designed to get free runners in coverage down the field.
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May
22
5/22/2018 6:10:42 PM
|More
The NFL today approved changes to kickoffs as well as replay review of all NFL player ejections, ESPN reports.
The kickoff rule changes will be reevaluated after the season.
The changes to kickoffs, designed to reduce high-speed collisions, include the following:
The elimination of running starts for kickoff coverage teams
A requirement that eight of the 11 men on the return team must be aligned in the "setup zone" within 15 yards of the ball
No blocking within the "setup zone" until after the ball touches the ground
The elimination of two-man wedge blocks
Kickoff team must have five men lined up on either side of the ball, a move that will limit schemes designed to get free runners in coverage down the field.
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