Owners to vote on onside-kick alternative

[SoCal Cardfan]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong.... WhyTF did they change it?
Was there a plethora of debilitating injuries on onside kicks as they used to be?

Because I honestly can't remember any.

 

[HoodieBets]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong.... WhyTF did they change it?
Was there a plethora of debilitating injuries on onside kicks as they used to be?

Because I honestly can't remember any.

Eric Legrand not an onside kick but a kickoff.


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[POISON]

What a stupid idea. Getting rid of kickoffs will be next. Leave the game as it is. It's been highly successful, don't screw it up!

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Meh.

 

[Stout]

Yes. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

Onside kick is perfect. Huge gamble with a 10% success rate, but enormous benefit

Wrong. It's broken, so they're trying to fix it. It's not a huge gamble any longer; it's basically impossible. The rule change to kickoffs have done this. No run up to the ball on an onside kick? Forget about it. Is this the answer? I don't know. I'd be for making the onside kick the same as the old days. It would give teams a chance to catch up, but you wouldn't be able to surprise teams with it.

 

[Veer]

How many 4th quarter 4th-and-15 plays will Kyler Murray convert with his legs next season? O/U 3.5

 

[RugbyMuffin]

So just keep trying to screw up the game that has worked pretty well for years and years …...real smart move.NOT.

You are about 5 years too late on that. Heck, some would say 30 years too late.

 

[Ronin]

Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero)
3/26/19, 12:45 PM
The KC proposal is the one regarding both teams getting the ball in OT. So they’ll pick that back up in May. The Denver proposal - the 4th-and-15 idea - was shot down.

 

[Ronin]

NFL345 (@NFL345)
3/26/19, 12:56 PM
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[SissyBoyFloyd]

Speaking of kicks and kickers: did you know that the Cards once used their 3rd round pick on a kicker named of all things Dick Little.

 

[NJCardFan]

Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero)
3/26/19, 12:45 PM
The KC proposal is the one regarding both teams getting the ball in OT. So they’ll pick that back up in May. The Denver proposal - the 4th-and-15 idea - was shot down.

Just go with a college based overtime system. Each team gets the ball and they keep scoring, or not, until someone wins. Eliminates ties.

 

[GatorAZ]

Kickoffs? We don’t need no stinking kickoffs...

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[POISON]

Speaking of kicks and kickers: did you know that the Cards once used their 3rd round pick on a kicker named of all things Dick Little.

It was 1978 and it was the #15 pick in round 1. His name was STEVE Little. Where do you come up with this stuff?

 

[ARZCardinals]

It's a garbage rule. If you wanted an extra possession your defense should have done better during the game.
If they want to do it make it 4th and 20 from the goal line (to limit the QB from running around). If they get the 20 yards they get the ball at the 20 even if the player goes for 80 yards.
The team should not get the shot at scoring on that new 'onside' rule...nor should they be able to be on the 5 and able to score on the next play...because their 'onside' play worked.
If the team fails, the opposing team takes over at their 20.
Last year only 2 onside kicks were successful.
Don't reward teams that fail all game long and need a miracle to get back in it.

 

[NJCardFan]

It's a garbage rule. If you wanted an extra possession your defense should have done better during the game.
If they want to do it make it 4th and 20 from the goal line (to limit the QB from running around). If they get the 20 yards they get the ball at the 20 even if the player goes for 80 yards.
The team should not get the shot at scoring on that new 'onside' rule...nor should they be able to be on the 5 and able to score on the next play...because their 'onside' play worked.
If the team fails, the opposing team takes over at their 20.
Last year only 2 onside kicks were successful.
Don't reward teams that fail all game long and need a miracle to get back in it.

Teams fall behind. It happens. There's nothing wrong with the game. Leave it alone. Kicks included. Game's been fine with them for 100 years.

 

[Jetstream Green]

I say you make the kickers arm wrestle

 

[SissyBoyFloyd]

It was 1978 and it was the #15 pick in round 1. His name was STEVE Little. Where do you come up with this stuff?

Don't know what internet description I had read from, but it was off or maybe my eyes were.
Here wikipedia's:

"Steven Richard Little was selected fifteenth in the 1978 NFL Draft by the St. Louis Cardinals.[1][4] Despite the anticipation surrounding his kicking skills demonstrated in college, he performed at a dismal level as a professional. Little served as both punter and placekicker; in his brief 33-game NFL career, he punted for a total of 4,809 yards, but had a disappointing field goal percentage of 48.1% over less than three seasons.[10][11] He did kick a 51-yard field goal, the fifth-longest in Cardinals history, but also missed ten extra points in 51 attempts. Little's problems off the field also caused him issues with the team; with a new head coach in 1980, he was released six games into the season on October 16, replaced by kicker Neil O'Donoghue.[12]

Hours after his release by the Cardinals, Little was involved in a high-speed single car accident, which broke his neck and left him a quadriplegic.[1][4][13][14] Little died in 1999 at age 43, having spent years as a quadriplegic in hospice in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he lived with and was cared for by his brother Gene Little.[1][2] Little is on the All-Century team at Arkansas, and is also listed as #11 on the list of greatest Arkansas football players of all time."

very sad life!