Pat McAfee Breaks Down The New NFL's "Hybrid Kickoff" Proposal That May Not Ruin Football

Is it weird that the part of this that bothers me is that you have to declare an onside kick? I know that it is often obvious, but I love the occasional surprise onside kick

This rule change will make Pat’s solo surprise onside kick even more iconic, because no one will ever even have the opportunity to try it again

I'll also miss the surprise onside kick. One thing I don't understand: why limit onside kicks to 4th quarter and team from behind only? Seems like an unnecessary restriction to strategy

I absolutely HATED the calling of Fair Catch OUTSIDE of the endzone automatically being a touchback. The ball is IN the field of play! You gotta run that.

NFL say they are all about the health and safety but yet want a 18 week game and just 1 bye lmao.....yep just coat that "safety" more

This sounds like a nightmare to officiate.

The opening kickoff of the any game, the Super Bowl especially, is the money shot for every game. The flash of hundreds or thousands of cameras as the kicker comes up on the ball is one of the best images and moments and sports and it turns into a real dud of a moment when the ball sails out of the end zone or the receiving team fair catches. Excited to see if this brings more excitement back to special teams.

Dude, killin the onside kick is a dealbreaker. The best thing about it was that you didn’t know when they were going to do it and it was just up to how smart of a coach you were to anticipate it or not you know just kinda like how you call every single other play in football

How about fix the awful roughing the passer enforcement first

I want a 70 yard field goal kick. That's the kick off.

I miss kick off returns! Move the kicking team to the 5 yard line 😑

At this point just kill the kickoff entirely and give the receiving team the ball, no kick. This is a horrible proposal. R.I.P Football 1872 - 2006

This sounds like the nfl wants more games to end 70-20 and a lot more super high scoring games

Love how they’ll change rules but nothing bout ref

I'll go off the board. In Canada we have what you would call a 5 yard halo on punt returns. And if the ball stays in the end zone on punts/kickoffs it's 1 point. So in the NFL I'd maybe suggest a 5 or 10 yard halo (smaller field ) if the ball is kicked inside the 20, reducing major hits. And you would still have the ability for an onside kick up to the 20 yard line. And if it hits the end zone, the return team gets a shot at a 2 point conversion. That way they have to try and keep the ball out of the end zone and in play.

9:43 my immediate thought is: most people on the return team have their foot on the line and literally can’t move from that spot until their team touches the ball; if you hit a return team player with the kick, the spot of the ball is legitimate and recoverable by the kicking team

I miss kick return specialists that people feared. Can't wait to see it back in the game

When Pat admits a mistake from minutes ago under his breathe you know he's passionately talking about this stuff.

kudos to Pat for explaining this so well and so in-depth! Well done!

Pat brings so much info to the table. The kicking is the least studied by casual football fans to the point that kickers are not considered football players. The strategy in kicking reminds me of the MLB. It is so important in football. They can make or break a game, season, or SB.