Under the new proposal, teams could fair catch those kicks and still get the ball at the 25. Rather than give opponents the ball at the 25, NFL teams often use "sky kicks" designed to land inside the 5-yard line and force a return.
The NFL moved the placement of the ball after touchbacks on kickoffs to the 25-yard line in 2016, and has continued to tweak kickoff rules in the years since in the interest of player safety. MORE FROM BIRKETT: Why I have Lions passing on Georgia DT Jalen Carter - for now - in mock draft If passed, the new rule would place the ball at the 25-yard line for all fair catches made inside that spot. That’s significant, so that’s kind of where we kind of landed there kind of going into Arizona." I think it will warrant some good discussion on the floor, but we do, the science and just talking to the Biocore team (that provides injury data for the NFL), we potentially could be looking at anywhere between a 20 and 25% injury reduction. "We talk about player protection here, so that was a thought. "There is a college (rule) that may be in place that may reduce that number, and I think that’s the ultimate goal," Vincent said.
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