Next Saints HC may very well be facing off in the Bills vs Lions game

Good questions.

My understanding is there is no type of landing zone for onside kicks.

The other question I don’t know the answer. Once you declare an onside kick I’m guessing you can’t kick it down field towards the landing zone, but I honestly have no idea
That’s my point. We know that an onsides kick must travel 10 yards before any member of the kicking team can touch the ball. But I’ve never heard of any rule that says you can’t kick an onsides kick 20 yards or 30 yards or 40 yards, etc. I can imagine all the players chasing a wobbly football that was kicked over the heads of the receiving team. Or what about using a punter for an onsides kick. We know that sometimes a team will use a punter to kickoff after the defense scores a safety on you. So what would happen if a punter was used for an onsides kick and he kicks the ball nearly straight up in the air about 40-50 feet high but only about 20 yards downfield in a way that it becomes a jump ball almost like a Hail Mary pass coming down. Since the receiving team has the job of trying to gain possession of the kick, it would be a lot harder than just falling on a ball that was squibbed 10 yards across the turf. If the onsides kick doesn’t by rule have to be placed on a tee, then a kicker can do a lot of things to make it more of a 50/50 ball by having it come down into a group of players that all have a right to the ball. I have to wonder if the official rule book addresses the kind of kick that must be made for an attempted onsides kick. :scratch: