The NFL spent years managing the injury risk presented by kickoffs by minimizing the play. In 2025, the NFL went the other way, moving the touchback point from the 30 to the 35 in an effort to ...
There were 1,157 more kickoff returns this season, which led to an increase in concussions. Justin Edmonds / Getty Images A year after its players experienced a historically low number of concussions, ...
The NFL has put the kickoff return back into the game, as demonstrated when Rashid Shaheed began the Seattle Seahawks’ lopsided victory over the San Francisco 49ers in the divisional round of the NFC ...
The Jets have only won two games this season, and both times they needed big plays on special teams to do it. And both times, a Jets return man has won the AFC Special Teams Player of the Week award.
The NFL's new kickoff return rules are designed to keep players, including Chiefs return man Nikko Remigio, safer. Denny Medley / Imagn Images Kansas City Chiefs assistant head coach and special teams ...
Seahawks’ 100-yard kickoff return TD was a backbreaker. Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Rashid Shaheed looks back as he runs for a 100-yard touchdown on a kickoff return against the Atlanta Falcons ...
NEW YORK — The NFL is pleased by an increase in returns as a result of adjustments to the so-called dynamic kickoff, with more plays and fewer injuries, though a change could eventually be coming to ...
FRISCO - Cowboys wide receiver and returner KaVontae Turpin has been flagged twice in the last three games for invalid fair catch signals. The penalties, Turpin said, have been a product of a debate ...
The NFL has put the kickoff return back into the game, as demonstrated when Rashid Shaheed began the Seattle Seahawks’ lopsided victory over the San Francisco 49ers in the divisional round of the NFC ...