The Philadelphia Eagles Have Hacked The NFL's New Kickoff Rules With A Clever Trick

NFL likely to shut down rulebook loophole Eagles have been exploiting for the past two weeks

Philadelphia and other teams have added a 12th man on kickoffs to hold the ball on the ground

The Philadelphia Eagles Have Hacked The NFL's New Kickoff Rules With A Clever Trick

Ahead of the 2024 season, the NFL made a drastic change to its kickoff rules aimed at increasing the safety of the play and decreasing significant injuries. Through two-plus seasons, it’s hard to say whether the changes, which were later tweaked, have worked in achieving their ultimate goal, but they have led to an increase in […]

NFL to Close Kickoff Rule Loophole Exploited by Eagles

Fred Kfoury III/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images For the past two weeks, several teams have been taking advantage of a loophole in the NFL rulebook, but that likely won’t be happening much longer. It looks like the league is thinking about shutting it down. The rulebook is kind of ambiguous about whether teams can use a holder WITHOUT a tee on a normal kickoff, so the Eagles have been taking advantage of that. In their Week 2 win over the Titans…

Eagles Did Something Against Titans That Could Force The NFL To Change [PHOTO + VIDEO]

The Philadelphia Eagles exploited a kickoff loophole against the Titans, and the NFL could change the rule before Monday night.

Eagles' Dirty Kick Sparks a Rules Clarification Meeting

The Eagles know that with innovation comes backlash. It happened with the tush push, and now it’s happening again: special teams coordinators around the league are reportedly gathering to talk about the Birds and Falcons using a kickoff loophole to do “dirty kicks” — kicks that are held at an angle by a holder, which end up having weird, knuckleball-ish spins that are harder to predict and pick up. The loophole stems from the old weather rule, w…