The new kickoff alignment, introduced in 2024, features a strange glitch when it comes to penalties enforced on the kickoff.

The NFL competition committee is proposing a rule to penalize so-called “hip-drop” tackles and a radical change to kickoffs to add more returns without compromising safety. The proposals will be presented to owners at the league meetings later this ...

Kickoffs in the NFL look very different these days. In the spring of 2024, league owners approved a rule change that massively changed the kick that starts every game and follows every scoring play. This reform, which roared through a one-year pilot ...

The NFL's new kickoff rule was a lot more dynamic in 2025 than in 2024. Nearly three-fourths of all kickoffs were returned in 2025, which the league touted on a conference call today as a good sign that the rule changes are working as intended. In the 2025 ...