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Why bother even having kickoffs if every kick is just going to sail out the endzone with no possibility of a return, or trying to pin the opposition deep? It was bad week 1, and bad again here in week 2.

Just start out from the 25 and be done with kickoffs/returns entirely, instead of this farce. “Stopgap” excuse be damned.

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[–] etlaser@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

SB nation talked about this and proposed a solution. Basically, the team that scores gets the ball back with a 4th and 15. They'll punt in most circumstances, which is less dangerous and more entertaining than a kickoff, but in a do or die situation they still have a chance.

The whole video is worth watching but the actual proposal is at 14:11

https://youtu.be/t_SsIKgwvz4?si=rQyUsVGhxvTk5D0X

[–] everythingsucks@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I think some of our teams with non-existent defenses would still prefer kick offs.