Kickoffs are a topic that first hit the CFL's agenda during the January league meetings in Nashville and is believed to be being looked at again this week in Winnipeg. Dave Naylor has more on the future of the play.
Anyone who watched the Super Bowl and saw 13 kickoffs, each one sailing through the end zone untouched, can understand why.
Last month at the combine, NFL vice-president of football operations Troy Vincent promised something would be done this off-season to address what has become a “ceremonial play.” The dilemma for the CFL decision-makers runs deeper than it did in the NFL because of the role kickoffs have always played in the Canadian game. The wider and longer field, plus the single point for end-zone kneel-downs, serve to make kickoffs a significantly bigger part of the game in Canada than the U.S.
For example, the CFL has boasted about its increase in scoring since the pandemic. How would eliminating returns and return touchdowns affect that trend? What impact would altering the role of kickoffs have on the development of players who get valuable reps on special teams? It’s a choice CFL teams already have after surrendering a field goal. Overwhelmingly they take the ball at the 40, doing so more than 96 per cent of the time last season.
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