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Originally Posted by 68style
What diff do kickoff rules make in the NFL? Every kicker kicks it through the end of tje endzone on every kickoff nowadays.
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Edit: It looks like the touchback rule varies depending on where the ball lands.. This is quite a bit more complicated, but it all makes sense. Also there's no more fair catch allowed on kickoffs.
You definitely do not want to blast it out of the endzone. Most kickers will want it to land as close to the 1 yard line as possible and force an old school 20 yard touchback.
The XFL had a kickoff return rate of 97% with these rules; the NFL's was only 22% last year.
This is a shitty graphic with a ton of stupid mistakes, but the rules themselves are correct
