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Kick-Off Returns
Kick-off returns, by and large, in the NFL are “like watching paint dry”. The vast majority of the returns aren’t returns at all, but touchbacks. Place the ball on the 25-yard line.
Let’s suppose we change the rule. If the kickoff does not go out of the end zone, and thus, out of the field of play, it is “live”. No touchback. You have to run it out. It could make for some interesting field positions, but it would also revive one of the most exciting plays in football, the kickoff return.
My feeling is that kick-offs are, more and more, becoming non-plays. If you’re going to do that, just place the ball on the 25-yard line and start the game there.
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Walt (Teach)
"Walt, make a 'mental bet' and lose your mind." R.N.S.
"The important thing is what I think of myself."
"David and Lisa" (1962)
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