Will changes on kickoffs mean changes for Saints? New rules could alter how team builds roster
By Nick Underhill -- Advocate
Predicting the 53-man roster is going to be a little more difficult this year.
Unless a team blows up its scheme, it will usually keep the same number of players at every position from year to year, save for a wild card or two. But with the NFL changing its kickoff rules this year, which will, in turn, change the personnel that is on the field. And it will almost certainly change how teams look to put together rosters.
Sean Payton and the Saints are already thinking about how this will alter the game.
“I think you’re going to see teams that approach it with the return in mind that’s different,” Payton said. “It’s going to change a little bit of the body types who might be on that unit with eight guys deployed in the first 15 yards, so we’re discussing it and spending time on it now, and yet there’s no point of reference. I think you’ll see it – especially early in the season – you’re going to see some exciting plays.”
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By Nick Underhill -- Advocate
Predicting the 53-man roster is going to be a little more difficult this year.
Unless a team blows up its scheme, it will usually keep the same number of players at every position from year to year, save for a wild card or two. But with the NFL changing its kickoff rules this year, which will, in turn, change the personnel that is on the field. And it will almost certainly change how teams look to put together rosters.
Sean Payton and the Saints are already thinking about how this will alter the game.
“I think you’re going to see teams that approach it with the return in mind that’s different,” Payton said. “It’s going to change a little bit of the body types who might be on that unit with eight guys deployed in the first 15 yards, so we’re discussing it and spending time on it now, and yet there’s no point of reference. I think you’ll see it – especially early in the season – you’re going to see some exciting plays.”
Full Article -- Advocate