04-04-2021, 10:23 AM
(04-03-2021, 01:29 PM)Essex Johnson Wrote: Philly proposal sucks.. why are we wanting to reward a team losing by two scores at end of the game etc.. football is not played in last 5 minutes it is played over 4 quarters.. do your job before the last 5 minutes or else. We act like onside kicks were so successful before rule changes.. like 1/5 chance before changes.. in the end don't create some gimmick rule for teams losing
Nothing about the rule says the team has to be behind to try this. Nothing says it can only happen in the final 5 minutes.
For many years we had an onsides kick rule and I never heard anyone crying about it being a "gimmick" to reward losing teams for playing poorly. But recent rule changes on the kickoff have made the onside kick almost impossible to convert by the kicking team. So this rule is just an attempt to make the rules more like they used to be.
