The NFL has already gone through some significant changes to the kickoff play in recent years. The league has adopted the XFL ...

Kickoffs in the NFL will look different this fall after NFL owners approved a new kickoff format at the annual league meeting Tuesday. The new rule originated in the XFL and should “minimize ...

The new NFL kickoff rule can trace its origin story to a Splenda packet in a boardroom. As "XFL 2020" pitched television networks, Sam Schwartzstein − then the ill-fated league's director of football ...

When the XFL kicks off on Feb. 8, the teams will be standing a lot closer than you're used to when watching the NFL and that won't be the only difference. The XFL released a list of rules that will ...

NFL team owners on Tuesday decided to revive the kickoff and take a page out of the XFL’s book in its overhaul of the special teams play. For the basic kickoff, the ball would be kicked from the ...

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- The NFL has adapted a modified version of the XFL Kickoff Rule for the 2024 season that intends to bring the kickoff back to the game of football. While the league will be ...

The NFL is taking a page out of the XFL’s book in 2024 as it gets set to try out a new kickoff rule. On Tuesday, the NFL announced that it will be implementing a new formation on kickoffs. The rule, ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Kickoff returns are returning to the NFL. Team owners on Tuesday approved a new rule that will take what essentially had become “a dead play” and make it an integral part of the ...

NFL owners on Tuesday voted to approve a radical change to the kickoff play, and those who have watched XFL games already have an idea of what it will look like. Under the new kickoff rules, 10 ...