The Eagles got by with a kick returner last season. This is something they must address this summer. Here are the contenders.

The NFL's one-year experiment with the new kickoff rule becomes permanent this season with a new tweak that the league hopes will lead to a bigger increase in the rate of returns. The league also ...

to boost the percentage of returned kicks and make one of the league's most dangerous plays safer. The league is continuing its efforts to refine the play by tweaking its kickoff rule ahead of the ...

The kickoff return has been resurrected over the past two seasons in the NFL. After the NFL had 587 kickoff returns for a 23.0-yard average and four touchdowns in 2023, those numbers jumped to 920 ...

The NFL kick return rate more than doubled under the new kickoff rules last season, with teams logging more kick returns per game (3.8 per team) than any season since 2010. And as punt returns dropped ...

NFL owners have approved of five new rules changes ahead of the 2026 season, according to Sports Illustrated's Albert Breer—with three of them relating to the kickoff. The league introduced a new ...

The NFL made a significant change to its kickoff in 2024, instituting the "dynamic kickoff" to boost the percentage of returned kicks and make one of the league's most dangerous plays safer. The ...