can we just eliminate the kickoff?

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nope...the main reason is if you get rid of kickoffs, you kill a team's chance of getting the ball back with an onside kick...which pretty much kills any excitement at the chance of a comeback in the late secs if a team has a lead....and that's really the only thing that's keeping kickoffs in the game...
 

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Either put the ball back where it originally was or start the returning team on the 35 for every touchback on a kickoff

Roger Goodell is trying his best to eliminate any excitement in this game and wants to annoy fans to the point that they warm up to the idea of actually eliminating the kick-off all together, something he wants to do but can't as of now. Unfortunately, he's on his way...
 

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nope...the main reason is if you get rid of kickoffs, you kill a team's chance of getting the ball back with an onside kick...which pretty much kills any excitement at the chance of a comeback in the late secs if a team has a lead....and that's really the only thing that's keeping kickoffs in the game...
Great fukking point, I'm glad somebody brought it up. It's the same point I always bring up when I have this discussion in real life.
 

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Either put the ball back where it originally was or start the returning team on the 35 for every touchback on a kickoff

Roger Goodell is trying his best to eliminate any excitement in this game and wants to annoy fans to the point that they warm up to the idea of actually eliminating the kick-off all together, something he wants to do but can't as of now. Unfortunately, he's on his way...

I like the idea of starting on the 35, makes the kicking team think twice about just booting it in the back of the end zone
 

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they should do the kickoffs naked no homo
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just start the ball at the 20 yard line? it will save some commericial time

i dont think i seen a kickoff return all year, everthing is a touchback
Why? It gives the opportunity for a touchdown when a loser defense sleeps on a return. I mean, if you are just going to automatically put it on the 20 yard line, you might as well automatically put a baseball on a tee, like in t-ball, in the MLB and just have them hit the ball to save time.
 
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