If a vote from the NFL’s competition committee is any indication, there may be an alternative coming to the league’s onside kick.
The Denver Broncos submitted a rule-change proposal that offers an onside kick alternative where, a maximum of once per game during the fourth quarter, a team may elect to go for a fourth-and-15 play from its own 35-yard line instead of the traditional onside kick.
The competition committee voted on the proposal, with other New York Giants owner John Mara the only no vote, according to NFL Network’s Judy Battista.
Later this week at the NFL’s annual league meetings in Phoenix, the league’s owners will vote on the proposal.