Here is what you need to know. Changes to kickoff and onside kicks In the 2024 season, when a touchback was called, a team would start out with the ball on their own 30-yard line. This year, a ...

“The committee just wants to try that for a year, see if the percentages of recovered onside kicks gets up to a little bit more in the 10-12% range, which is historically where it’s been and ...

The NFL has made changes to the rules ahead of the 2025 season. The new rules impact kickoffs, replay assist, overtime, penalties and onside kicks.

The NFL’s one-year experiment with the new kickoff rule becomes permanent this season with a new tweak that the league hopes will lead to a bigger increase in the rate of returns. The league ...

Last season, only a team that was trailing in the fourth quarter could attempt an onside kick. In addition, players on the kicking team will now be allowed to line up at the 35-yard line.

The NFL also approved a small change to the onside kick rule. Under the old rule, a team could only attempt an onside kick in the fourth quarter and they had to be trailing.

The NFL added regular season overtime in 1974, adding a 15-minute sudden death period that ended on any score. In 2010, the rule was tweaked to a modified sudden death that required an opening ...

The NFL’s one-year experiment with the new kickoff rule becomes permanent this season with a new tweak that the league hopes will lead to a bigger increase in the rate of returns.