The new kickoff formation has made it even harder to recover onside kicks. Which makes it even harder for a team trailing by multiple scores to close the gap. Which is going to renew discussions about ...

to boost the percentage of returned kicks and make one of the league's most dangerous plays safer. The league is continuing its efforts to refine the play by tweaking its kickoff rule ahead of the ...

Earlier today, we pointed out that the Panthers missed an opportunity to keep the point that made the third-quarter score 17-10 while ensuring the next drive would have started at the San Francisco 25 ...

The NFL is considering allowing teams to onside kick any time they want, regardless of the score. When the league implemented the new kickoff rules that require teams to declare in advance whether ...

One of the more negative side effects to the NFL's new kickoff rule has been what it's done to the onside kick, an already rare but exciting play that had the potential to help teams close the gap in ...

There are no more restrictions on when a team can attempt an onside kick. The NFL owners today passed a rule that allows teams to declare an onside kick at any time in the game, regardless of the ...

NEW YORK — The NFL may give renewed consideration this offseason to implementing a fourth-and-15 or a fourth-and-20 alternative to the onside kick. The league’s modest tweak to its onside kick rules ...

NEW YORK -- The NFL appears to have saved the kickoff after being on life support for years. Now its attention turns to the onside kick, which has been terminal for years. In its presentation to NFL ...

The Miami Dolphins narrowly avoided a major disaster last weekend against the New Orleans Saints. The Dolphins led 16-0 at halftime, but a run by the Saints in the second half made the score 21-17 ...