Last season, the NFL overhauled its kickoff rules by eliminating the surprise onside kick.  This meant that teams could no ...

The Bears were among the teams intrigued by the 25-year-old Smith, who earned his first Pro Bowl berth in 2024 and didn't ...

The 2024 season was the first year with the dynamic kickoff which was implemented for player safety and more kicks being ...

One of the less favorable changes in the rule is that onside kicks couldn't be done by surprise. The office is thinking of ways to increase the changes of recovered onside kicks. It's unclear how they ...

and that they "need to do something" about onside kicks; an onside kick attempt had to be formally declared and could only be attempted in the fourth quarter with the team trailing last season.

With one month to go until the start of the 2025 UFL season, the league announced several rule changes this week. In addition to adopting a version of the NFL's "Dynamic Kickoff" and expanding coach's ...

Vincent said the league wants to find a way to bring back onside kicks while also installing a permanent kickoff rule after a one-year trial with what's called the dynamic kickoff. The trial made ...

In the first year of the UFL, the merged XFL-USFL used a traditional kickoff formation, with an onside option that consisted ...

Vincent said the league wants to find a way to bring back onside kicks while also installing a permanent kickoff rule after a ...

UFL teams had the option of attempting an onside kick at any point last season. Any team tied or trailing in the fourth quarter also could try to convert a fourth-and-12 from its 28-yard line to ...