The NFL kickoff is going extinct. A planned extinction and probably a necessary one, but what exactly will the game look like without the kickoff? It would have big implications for the roster, the bottom of it with a slew of specialists who make a final roster just because of their role on kickoffs or returns. And the trickle down effect goes from there. Robert Mays at The Ringer has a good look at the NFL without the kickoff.
Imagining an NFL without kickoffs
The league is legislating the kickoff out of the game bit by bit, but has anyone ever stopped to consider the ripple effects of that?
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