No more ambush, new rule forces teams to let the other team know they are doing an onside kick
practically same thing
This is my fear. Once the blocks are picked up, which at the pro level should be somewhat easy, you only have that one wave to beat.
About half of your kickoff team is taken out of the play completely merely by where the ball is kicked.
I'll have to study it more.
EDIT: I see that this was the only kick return touchdown of the season, which is very surprising to me.
https://uflboard.com/xfl-2023-kickoff-return-statistics/