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With the NFL drastically altering kickoffs, college football could eventually follow suit. On Tuesday, NFL owners passed a rule to adopt a kickoff style that
Mandy, 59, and Mason Milne, 22, wear medical masks in busy places, avoid socialising outside their support bubbles and wash their hands vigorously.
Despite opposition from the NFL players, owners have officially decided to ban the “hip-drop” tackle over player safety concerns. Starting next season, the tackle will result in a 15-yard penalty and an automatic first down. Jason Whitlock is wondering whether the NFL owners are “intentionally trying to undermine the watchability of the game.” “There’s a point where this bubble is going to burst,” Whitlock says, adding, “We’ve given the referees another judgment call and what we’re going...
The tackle that briefly knocked Geno Smith out of the Seahawks’ Week 4 win over the Giants didn’t draw a flag at the time, but next season that type of play, known as a swivel hip-drop tackle, will be illegal. That was one of three rule changes adopted by NFL clubs on Monday at the Annual League Meeting in Orlando, a change aimed at eliminating the type of lower-leg injuries that often result from such tackles. Illegal hip-drop tackles will result in a 15-yard penalty and automatic first down. ...
Netflix is going from quarterbacks to receivers for its next NFL docuseries, which will follow Deebo Samuel, George Kittle, Davante Adams, Justin Jefferson and Amon-Ra St. Brown.
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Rich McKay joined the NFL's competition committee 29 years
The biggest change proposed by the league's competition committee at this year's Annual League meeting is an attempt to add excitement with more returns while reducing high-speed collisions.
The league is transforming kickoffs. But there are other tweaks to football that could improve the sport for players and fansThe NFL will look radically different next season. The league’s owners voted on Tuesday to approve a new kickoff rule originally adopted in the XFL.It is one of the most groundbreaking changes in league history. After slowly legislating the kickoff out of the sport, the league is embracing a new ‘hybrid’ approach that turns the kickoff into something approaching a...
The return man agreed to a two-year, $6 million deal with the Steelers shortly after NFL owners voted to overhaul the league’s kickoff rule
With the NFL's new hybrid kickoff rule in place, the Pittsburgh Steelers reportedly have their next returner. NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reported Tuesday that
Say goodbye to NFL kickoff returns. Well, at least, say goodbye to kickoff returns as you know them. The NFL had already essentially phased out the play with tweaks to kickoff rules, but the league made a massive change to the rule on Tuesday that will change the way kickoffs work entirely. The NFL just […]