Onside kick alternative...

[Benton]

(03-26-2019, 05:54 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I don't know anyone who says the kick off is the most exciting play of the game.

But if you change it to a punt it would be just as exciting except safer for the players.

Kicks were a lot more fun when people could return them for scores. Hell, people used to watch the Bears to see if Hester would score until 2011. Then it was just 'oh, yeah, punts!'*

I'm all for player safety, but the league hasn't done well bridging the old (kicks returned for scores which were interesting) with the new (touchbacks sandwiched between commercial breaks where people just go grab a beer).



* Nobody ever got excited about a punt. Ever.