New Orleans Saints Coach Sean Payton in favor of kickoff, replay rule proposals

Saintswrath · 03-22-2011, 12:52 PM

New Orleans Saints Coach Sean Payton said he is in favor of both of the major rule change proposals being voted on today at the NFL meetings inside New Orleans' Roosevelt Hotel.
Payton, who is a member of the coaches' subcommittee on the competition committee, said he expects the kickoff rule proposal to be tweaked before it goes up for a vote. He definitely expects the touchback to remain at the 20-yard line after coaches and general managers resisted the idea of moving the touchbacks up to the 25. But he does expect to see a vote on whether or not kickoffs will move up from the 30-yard line to the 35-yard line, with players on the kickoff team being required to line up within five yards of the ball.

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skymike · 03-22-2011, 04:53 PM

Yikes, I almost read the comments at the bottom of the story. Never read those. Dipsh**s with too much time on their hands, and a severe case of net-rage.

I like the 35 yard line kickoff. back where it used to be. anything that reverses change is good.

The 25 yard line touchback is idiotic. Why penalize a team for having a Morten.

saintfan · 03-22-2011, 05:08 PM

Originally Posted by strato

This is the answer to our ST woes..lol

LMAO. I was thinking the same thing.

03-22-2011, 12:52 PM	#1
Saintswrath +Mod Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Between 504 & 813 Posts: 1,776 Blog Entries: 4	New Orleans Saints Coach Sean Payton in favor of kickoff, replay rule proposals New Orleans Saints Coach Sean Payton said he is in favor of both of the major rule change proposals being voted on today at the NFL meetings inside New Orleans' Roosevelt Hotel. Payton, who is a member of the coaches' subcommittee on the competition committee, said he expects the kickoff rule proposal to be tweaked before it goes up for a vote. He definitely expects the touchback to remain at the 20-yard line after coaches and general managers resisted the idea of moving the touchbacks up to the 25. But he does expect to see a vote on whether or not kickoffs will move up from the 30-yard line to the 35-yard line, with players on the kickoff team being required to line up within five yards of the ball. Read more from nola.com

03-22-2011, 05:08 PM	#3
saintfan Donated Plasma Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 18,556 Blog Entries: 5	Originally Posted by strato This is the answer to our ST woes..lol LMAO. I was thinking the same thing.

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03-22-2011, 04:53 PM	#2
skymike E. Side Cholo Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: The Barrio, H-town Posts: 6,089	Yikes, I almost read the comments at the bottom of the story. Never read those. Dipsh**s with too much time on their hands, and a severe case of net-rage. I like the 35 yard line kickoff. back where it used to be. anything that reverses change is good. The 25 yard line touchback is idiotic. Why penalize a team for having a Morten.