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09-26-2023, 04:08 PM | #31 |
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Balto - do you even like football?
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09-26-2023, 04:13 PM | #33 |
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09-26-2023, 04:13 PM | #34 |
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09-26-2023, 04:14 PM | #35 |
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Sorry if Q, just saw this and thought it was useful to the discussion
Prior to the rule change, expected onsides kicks were successful about 20% of the time. Now its under 7% |
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09-26-2023, 04:15 PM | #36 |
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09-26-2023, 04:15 PM | #37 |
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09-26-2023, 04:16 PM | #38 |
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The best fake kick is the Louis Aguilar one where he slapped the ball hard to mimick the kick sound then skied it high like a punt and our receiver just caught it while the other team was waiting to fair catch.
Wouldn’t work on kickoff/onside kick but sure was sweet. https://youtu.be/gj3ewsLu5bI?si=gtkvWoTVbyjRfC8U |
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09-26-2023, 04:16 PM | #39 |
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There was a game, I think it was on Sega, where you could inject guys with steroids but if you gave them too many they died. The injuries were brutal; broken necks and fractured sculls. You could Alex Smith dudes.
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09-26-2023, 04:24 PM | #40 |
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I wish theyd go back to the old rules. It was still a pretty low chance, anywhere from 8-22% but it was a chance. And it was more fun. The NFL claims safety is the issue but I just dont remember guys getting hurt a lot from onside kicks. I could be wrong.
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09-26-2023, 04:30 PM | #41 |
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The rule change was about the safety of kickoffs in general, and onside kicks are a specific type of kickoff. You can't really have special rules for onside kicks without forcing a team to somehow declare their intentions, which defeats the purpose of gaining an advantage with the element of surprise.
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09-26-2023, 04:55 PM | #42 |
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Was coaching youth football here and tried the kick it at someone on the front line thing a few years ago, it worked but also wasn’t expected and had never seen it done before. I didn’t actually think it would work cause at that age group 12u at the time the accuracy of kickers was pretty bad. That said it did work the first time, tried it again later in the season on an expected play and it failed miserably though.
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09-26-2023, 05:03 PM | #44 |
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The Chiefs should get to play “Make It, Take It” imo
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