On-side kick flaw.

SkippinTurtles

Just think on-side kicks suck. Not trying to change the whole fucking sport.

gftChris

@skippinturtles said:
Just think on-side kicks suck. Not trying to change the whole fucking sport.

Yep, why bother adding any drama towards the end of a game? If you're down by 10, you're going to lose even if you do score because the opponent will get the ball back. Let's keep it dull.

SkippinTurtles

My team won 'cuz the kicker made the ball bounce funny. So cool. How about kick the other team's ass without the artificial bullshit.

Tim Couch Pulls Out

@skippinturtles said:
My team won 'cuz the kicker made the ball bounce funny. So cool. How about kick the other team's ass without the artificial bullshit.

I think scoring back to back touchdowns in a matter of minutes has a little more to do with your team winning than an odd bouncing ball.

But that's just me.

ahitz3

@skippinturtles said:
My team won 'cuz the kicker made the ball bounce funny. So cool. How about kick the other team's ass without the artificial bullshit.

By that logic you would also have to eliminate interceptions off of tipped balls then.

gftChris

@douche-nozzle said:
Play "make it take it". If you score you get the ball back. Why penalize the guys who are on a roll?

It punishes teams who put emphasis on O rather than D. In no sport (that I know of) do you get the ball back when you score, unless you count snooker, which is a twisted analogy at best.

SkippinTurtles

Browns rule.

gftChris

@douche-nozzle said:
I was being sarcastic at the OP

Pffft. Douche...

Westside Steve

And what's with all these fucking lines and numbers painted on the field??? That's just distracting to those of us trying to enjoy the game.

WSS

SkippinTurtles

Packer fans must have been thrilled getting fucked out of a Super Bowl chance on a bullshit on-side kick. Aaron Rodgers was banged up but he got his team in position to win. OP doesn't have 100,000 posts so his opinion is shit. Doesn't matter, his opinion is shit anyway.

OldBrownsFan

I had a gut feeling this had something to do with the Packers play off game.

Pumpkin Eater

Every kickoff is a free kick. Whoever recovers the ball gets possession. The rule is it has to be kicked and travel a certain distance.

TexasAg1969

@tim-couch-pulls-out said:
What's with the sudden influx of garbage on this board?

Off season.

Mark O

This ranks right up there with the assclown who tried to convince us that the winning team "kneeling down" to run out the clock was a bullshit way to win a game and it shouldn't be allowed.

Mudfly

@mark-o said:
This ranks right up there with the assclown who tried to convince us that the winning team "kneeling down" to run out the clock was a bullshit way to win

Or possibly as dumb as the rant claiming we lost by deferring after the coin toss

SkippinTurtles

Football is perfect. Suggesting rule changes should be left to the corrupt geniuses who run the game.

gftChris

Nobody is saying it's perfect. Everybody is saying that your suggestion is stupid. There's a difference.

Chicopee John

@skippinturtles said:
Say baseball had a rule where you threw at the hitter, hit him, and it bounced to the catcher. Now his team is up. On-side kick is stupid, get rid of it. Why punish the team that worked to build a lead.

Come on. The NFL has done its very best, IMHO, to take excitement out of the game.

An Onside Kick is one of the few remaining ways to get excitement at the end of a game. Granted, they don't work all that often but the do put some drama where drama is do.

Here is another idea that, I believe, will return NFL games to some sort of 'mystery'.

Kickoffs have become so lame - seems like the vast majority of them are Touchbacks. Like with the NBA when they stopped Jump Balls every time there was a 'tie up', the NFL might consider taking kickoffs off the table and - instead - give the receiving team on the 20 yard line. If compromise is needed, how about the 25 yard line. How many kickoffs are returned beyond the 25 yard line any way.

Move the hash marks way, way wider so FGs become more of a challenge, encouraging teams to go for First Downs / Touch Downs rather simply bring their auto-kicker on the field to kick a ball straight for, say, 40 yards. This is crazy but, how about detracting a point if a team misses a FG?

Maybe 7 points for a TD and no need for a PAT unless they choose to go for 2 points. Speed up the games more.

The problem, or one of the problems with any of these is they might result in less commercial time (GOD is it miserable sitting at a game when all the TV commercials are run. For crying out loud, the players have to do exercises to keep limber through these, seemingly, unending and unnecessary time-lags take place.

Some food for thought.

Feel free to criticize any of the above but, to be more productive, try making a few suggestions of your own to make the game more 'fan friendly'. On the field stuff, not simply lowering ticket prices, etc.

Tim Couch Pulls Out

@skippinturtles said:
Packer fans must have been thrilled getting fucked out of a Super Bowl chance on a bullshit on-side kick. Aaron Rodgers was banged up but he got his team in position to win. OP doesn't have 100,000 posts so his opinion is shit. Doesn't matter, his opinion is shit anyway.

You could have 10,000,000,000,000 posts. This was still a dumb opinion.

Chicopee John

@tim-couch-pulls-out said:
While we're at it, let's get rid of field goals. And time outs.

Actually not bad ideas, although I'd tweak those absolutes a bit.