Executing successful onside kicks began to decline in 2018 when the NFL banned running starts on kickoffs. The success rate was cut in half to 8.6% since that change.

The NFL's one-year experiment with the new kickoff rule becomes permanent this season with a new tweak that the league hopes will lead to a bigger increase in the rate of returns.

Can the onside kick be fixed? The NFL plans to try. The NFL appears to have landed on a concept to save the kickoff from pro football extinction. Next, it might attempt to restore some measure of ...

Just 2 of 41 onside kicks were successful in 2023, according to NFL.com. An average of 4.8 onside kicks per season were successful since 2018, when the NFL also adjusted its rules for the plays, no ...

(For clarity: Onside kicks can't travel more than 25 yards from the spot of the kick.) The players, coaches, announcers and for a moment the officials had no idea what the rule was here.

Executing successful onside kicks began to decline in 2018 when the NFL banned running starts on kickoffs. The success rate was cut in half to 8.6% since that change.

Executing successful onside kicks began to decline in 2018 when the NFL banned running starts on kickoffs. The success rate was cut in half to 8.6% since that change.

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