They were good but they weren’t dominant. They simply peaked at the right time. They had to go through a wildcard game because they weren’t that good during the regular season. New England peaked early just like the Cowboys did. They weren’t the same team in the Super Bowl.
Given a day to give it more thought, under this scenario, the kicking team has to run 15 yards while the receiving team only has to run 5 yards in order to cover the live ball (ie, becomes live after passes the 50, whether on the fly or having been squibbed on the ground).Seems to me the more you can set it up pre-snap so that there ends up being a race to the ball... more like a mad scramble than a rock-em-sock-em-robots thing as it's always been... and with the receiving team having some advantage but not an extraordinary one, then you can accomplish the desired 13-14% while also retaining a legitimate effective constraint embedded in the rules to ****** full-steam head-on collisions.
(Problem is, you have to have a testing ground to determine the exact parameters... ie, what yard lines are most ideal... that get you at the number you're seeking, so until you have that, it's all just a theoretical conversation.)
And for example, you could say...
- Kickoff from 35 (as current).
- Receiving team may only have players lined-up between the 40-45 (kicking team's side of field) and beyond their own 25 (... current, they can be no closer than the 45). Thus, the 25-50 on their side of the field is no man's land, pre-snap. So, in the screenshot below, imagine all the LAC players shifted about 5 yards up
- Kicked ball becomes live once it passes the 50 yard line (instead of kicking team's 45).
Would look something like this...
This is bizarre. You do realize that the NFL already has a rule that allows the team that just scored the option to regain the ball again? That's what the onside kick is. And when you're behind with little or no time left, you already attempt the onside kick, which has zero, sorry, ZERO risk of attempting to keep the ball.
I don't know why not. They don't care about player safety. It's all fake. If they really cared they'd get rid of Thursday Football and wouldn't have expanded the season.
Agree.
Right, but.
They care about making and keeping money... and I for one don't mind that at all.
Agreed.
That’s what they got away from for safety
That’s really the only option I see that could work. It’s simply math
You already had the ball…it’s OVER….other teams turn…how hard is that for some of you to understand? ZERO risk for the team attempting the 4th and 20 if they are behind with little time. Sounds like another societal attempt to try and make everyone a winner…even if they don’t deserve it.
I couldn't agree more. Once they start adding gimmicks to this game, I'll probably be done with it. Why not stick a smaller goal post inside the larger goal post and you get 4 points for the field goal. I've actually heard that suggestion.
