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Kickoffs will be moved to 35-yard line | ProFootballTalk (http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/03/22/kickoffs-will-be-moved-to-35-yard-line/)

Touchbacks will continue to be returned to the 20-yard line.


Wow i really hate this move

Wow i really hate this move

So long BB taking back KR's for TDS.. The NFL is turning into a Pussy league

The NFL had the 35-yard line kick-off rule before. Not sure why this is such a big deal.

There will be more TB's but returns aren't going to be eliminated.

Brian Mitchell made his living returning kickoffs from the 35-yard line his first few years of his career. It really isn't a big deal. I'd rather see a touchback than a nice kick off return being called back for a phantom illegal block in the back call each and every time.

Here is my question, can we just have an additional ref look at it(who is not on the field). That way the main ref doesn't need to run under the hood, have eggs thrown at him, etc. He just waits after the touchdown for another office who is sitting in a cozy room aware from everything to make the final verdict. It is radioed down to the field ref and the call is confirmed or denied.

MUCH too logical. It would be efficient AND effective to do it the way you suggest and that is at least part of the reason that the NFL will likely implement it in some other way...

The NFL had the 35-yard line kick-off rule before. Not sure why this is such a big deal.

Perhaps you may be old enough to recall when the kickoffs were from the 40 yardline. I am old enough to remember that - - but at my age memory is just one of the things that begins to fade...

Perhaps you may be old enough to recall when the kickoffs were from the 40 yardline. I am old enough to remember that - - but at my age memory is just one of the things that begins to fade...

I can't remember when they moved it to the 35 from the 40, might have been before my time.

agreed.

The College rule may cause more reviewed plays per game but they do them much quicker...no dog and pony show with red flags and officials walking 100 yards to tuck their head in a booth and then another 100 yards back out to the field.


I kind of like the game of giving the coach the chance to challenge the play but I would like it to be reviewed in the booth like college.

the touchback is still going to the 20 thats the only thing that matters, they were talking about moving it to the 25 i think. it's a good move if the nfl is serious about player health, they were also talking about getting rid of the two man wedge as well, not sure where they stand on that right now.

one rule that i think should be changed for kick offs is the god awful out-of-bounds rule. if the ball does not land in-bounds then yeah sure give them the ball on the 35. but if a kick lands in-bounds at the 5 and then bounces out at the 2, i say the ball should be placed at the 2, not the 35. if the kicker is good enough to place it there then why punish them for a great kick?