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Alpeduez21

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3. I think kicking teams are going to be happy to let

Reply to nycbos (Original post)

Thu Sep 5, 2024, 09:27 PM

Sep 2024

Receiving team start at the 30 yard line. It’s only five yards from last year and the return rule will allow runs to that and probably more. If the NFL wants returns touchbacks will need to get placed at the forty or forty five to make a return worth the risk for the kicking team.

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