By Mark Maske | Washington Post
Under a rule-change proposal submitted by the Denver Broncos, NFL teams will give consideration this offseason to an alternative to the onside kick. The proposal would give a team the option, a maximum of once per game during the fourth quarter only, of bypassing a kickoff in favor of attempting to retain possession by converting what would amount to a fourth-and-15 play from its own 35-yard line.
The change would not eliminate the kickoff or the onside kick. It merely would give a team trailing late in a game an alternative to a task that became next to impossible this past season with the league’s new safety-related rules for kickoffs in place.
The Broncos’ proposal would need to be ratified by at least 24 of the 32 NFL teams to take effect next season. Owners, coaches and general managers are scheduled to gather later this month in Phoenix at the annual league meeting.
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