The upcoming NFL 2026 season brings one of the most meaningful rule packages the league has implemented in recent years, with adjustments designed to improve competitive balance, player safety, and ...

The NFL introduces a new rule that includes earlier practice for injured players, expanded replay powers, and changes to ...

The NFL had limited onside kicks as part of its switch to the dynamic kickoff in 2024. That will no longer be the case in ...

Although the NFL did not vote on the much-discussed “fourth-and-15 alternative” to the onside kick, it did pass a new rule that will make onside kicks easier for the kicking team to recover. The rule ...

The new kickoff formation has made it even harder to recover onside kicks. Which makes it even harder for a team trailing by multiple scores to close the gap. Which is going to renew discussions about ...

The NFL is considering allowing teams to onside kick any time they want, regardless of the score. When the league implemented the new kickoff rules that require teams to declare in advance whether ...

One of the more negative side effects to the NFL's new kickoff rule has been what it's done to the onside kick, an already rare but exciting play that had the potential to help teams close the gap in ...

Teams will be allowed to declare onside kicks at any point in the game. On-field officials can now be contacted by the league ...

As the league prepares for the event of replacement officials in 2026, rule changes have come down to alleviate the stress of ...

PHOENIX — The 2026 NFL rule proposals hit the table today, and they pack a serious punch. The Competition Committee handed owners a five-point blueprint ahead of next week’s Annual League Meeting in ...

While most of 2026's rule changes are kickoff-based, there's one important contingency in case of incompetent referess.

ST. LOUIS -- Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll was asked after Sunday's 34-31 loss to the Rams why he decided to start overtime with what appeared to be an onside kick. "No, no," he said. "We just ...