The kick-off has gone from dead to very alive. Most football fans don’t quite realize how live it will be.
When football season rolls around, everyone will know things are different. No one will know how different it will be until we see how things play out, one game and one kickoff at a time.
Anyway, considering where the kickoff line was (i.eparade of touchbacks) to where it will be now (much more action), this could indeed be the biggest rule change the NFL has made in decades.
It is at least the biggest rule change since the two-point conversion in 1994. It could be the biggest change since the introduction of extra time in 1974, or the moving of the goalposts from the goal line to the back of the goal. area that same year.
Other more consequential adjustments are the result of a series of changes, from the attempts to strengthen the passing game through systematic adjustments to the endless tweaks to the replay rule. But for one specific change at one point in time, this could be the biggest since the merger, as it takes a game that adds nothing to the game and potentially changes everything.
For more information, watch the attached video from Thursday PFT Live.
