re: New Orleans 10 @ Dallas 13 Final - FOX/NFLN/AmazonPrime

Drew is off

We can’t even complete a screen pass...

I mean come the frick on. Get your shite together O!

It was called last week on somebody, can't remember who

Chiefs or Rams maybe

This is embarrassing

Now it’s obvious to run on second

This is a disaster right now. Pressure on Brees, no Receivers open.

Yikes!

Nothing’s working. Sad.

so here are the new rules on kickoffs I can't make sense of it.

For a quick overview, the new rules are:

The kickoff team must have five players on each side of the ball. That means no more loading up one side for on-sides kicks.

The kickoff team cannot line up more than one yard behind the restraining line, meaning that players must be lined up at the 34-yard-line when the kickoff is at the 35. Previously, players could line up five yards back of the line.

At least two players must be lined up outside the yard line number and two must be between the hashmarks and the yard number.

For the receiving team, at least eight players must be inside the 15-yard set-up zone prior to the kick-off, i.e. between the opponents 45 and their own 40; only three players can be outside that zone.

No wedge blocks are permitted for players outside the 15-yard set-up zone. So, the two men back with the kick returner cannot double team one player trying to cover the kick

No blocking is allowed in the 15-yard area from the kicking team’s restraining line until the ball has been touched or touched the ground.

The ball is dead if it is not touched by the receiving team and touches the ground in the end zone. So, kick returners no longer need to “down” the ball.