On Thanksgiving 2025, the Dallas Cowboys tried to make a rule look foolish instead of trying to win a special teams battle. Trailing the Kansas City Chiefs, Dallas intentionally kicked out of bounds from the 50-yard line to pin the Chiefs at their own 25 rather than risk a return under the dynamic kickoff format.

The first play of NFL games will look a little different in 2024. NFL owners approved new rules for kickoffs in the upcoming season, NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reported Tuesday. This comes one day after the NFL revealed several other rule changes that will ...

These are the craziest rule changes for the upcoming 2026-27 NFL season.

More changes are coming to the NFL’s already heavily modified kickoff rule for the 2026 season, if the NFL competition […] This article originally appeared on Steelers Now: More Changes Could be Comin

The NFL shared all of the rule and bylaw change proposals that will be considered at next week’s owners meetings.