This year, one of the biggest changes the NFL made was to kickoffs. The league tried to overhaul that play totally, implementing a landing zone into which kickers now have to drop the ball. They also changed how teams can line up on kickoffs while moving up where an offense gets the ball on a touchback. It sounds like the league still wants fewer touchbacks, though. Pittsburgh Steelers kicker Chris Boswell recently revealed that the league is talking about moving touchbacks up even more next year.
“If you hit a touchback, they’re talking about moving it up even further now, too, for next year,” Boswell said Tuesday on Ben Roethlisberger’s podcast.