Comments on: Mara says he hasn’t made up his mind on kickoffs

By: cow395

cow395 — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:17:53 +0000

they need to just move the ball back 5 yards on a kick off!!! o wait i rememeber now….thats when kickoffs used to be intresting…………

By: laserw

laserw — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 19:44:45 +0000

Mara should have $18 million in the next two years removed from his team’s salary cap and all draft choices removed for his meddling and unlawful competition compromising hit job on the Cowboys and Redskins. It is obvious his intentions were to prop up his weak team in the face of the other two teams potential improvement. Mara is a vile and disgusting man. The more I read about what this jerk did the more disgusting a person he is – and to think I routed for his team over the cheaters in the super bowl. At least the cheaters were clever and innovative and didn’t use the power of their position to punish other teams OFF THE FIELD!

By: wolfmagic2012

wolfmagic2012 — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 18:26:40 +0000

It will give Redskins fans many years of satisfaction to beat the blue off this jerk Mara’s team. We will keep a long memory of this idiot’s meddling with the salary cap penalty unjustly leveled on the Skinz & Cowgirls.

By: canesgiants

canesgiants — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:55:09 +0000

football royalty is right. a lot of haters out there. just because u were born to gas pumping losers dont be jealous

By: kev86

kev86 — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 12:19:18 +0000

Football royalty. I love reading others angry, jealous posts. Go Blue.

By: 8ovie8

8ovie8 — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 11:25:03 +0000

Mara > Snyder Bigger Douce and that is saying something.

By: datsanono

datsanono — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 10:31:20 +0000

How does John Mara H get to decide whether to eliminate kickoffs or I not? And wouldn’t you look at 50 years of injury history not just this year? This tells me that T kickoffs will be eliminated after this year. What’s next?……. John Mara will decide L who goes to the playoffs this year!? How ridiculous E is the NFL getting when an NFL owner gets to decide which traditional NFL rules to get rid R of in an instant and what teams in his division get cap penalties for not following an UNWRITTEN rule.

By: lennydpocketqb

lennydpocketqb — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 06:34:37 +0000

Why don’t we never hear these debates at the college level? Those players aren’t getting paid buckets of money. And, please spare me the, “they are getting an education” argument.

By: monkeyhateclean

monkeyhateclean — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 05:07:40 +0000

How about just having the “receiving” team start with the ball at their goalline, and the “kicking” team start at their goalline. The whistle blows, and both teams rush at each other, each player armed with their choice of blunt weapon.

The receiving team gets first and 10 at the spot where the ball-carrier is felled, or when all players on the receiving team have been incapacitated.

By: kingcrusher

kingcrusher — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 04:17:17 +0000

Oh my heavens, this is a dumb topic. Football is the modern and “civilized” version of the gladiators ring. We like that. We want that. They get paid big money to risk themselves at the sport we like watching.
So, either leave the game alone and let use enjoy it, or bring back gladiators rings with real weapons, dangerous animals, buff guys killing each other, and a thumbs up or thumbs down for the loser!
Seriously though, this is a form of entertainment, and they get paid big bucks for doing it. Mess that up, and guess what… we’ll watch something else.

By: glowingstone

glowingstone — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 04:15:41 +0000

Good lord. If it’s that big of a deal, ditch the kicker and punt the ball instead. You’re typically not going to see the same kind of return after a punt vs a kickoff, and you gain an extra roster spot by not carrying a kicker *and* a punter.

By: MattTurnerNY

MattTurnerNY — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 04:01:02 +0000

With David Wilson returning the football, there is no way Mara or the Giants could want kickoffs eliminated! He’s been showing his speed all year and set three records last night!!

By: fafaflunky

fafaflunky — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 03:55:50 +0000

all this talk until wilson went bonkers.
i wouldnt be suprised if this will neve be spoken of again.

By: 52crabcakes

52crabcakes — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 03:34:25 +0000

Mr. Goodell you are ruining the game of football. Sarcastaball will be what everyone will be watching. I believe that in my lifetime, I will stop watching football.

By: worldwidebleater

worldwidebleater — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 03:23:58 +0000

Mara said Wilson was lucky to have a job. Then he inhaled a big whiff of his fart, and smiled a self-satisfied smile.

By: imjinbrdgr

imjinbrdgr — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 03:17:49 +0000

If they eliminate the kickoff they’ll be stunned at the number of injuries that action will cause. Thousands of fat out of shape Americans will suffer countless muscle strains as they leap off their couches to turn off the TV.

By: mazblast

mazblast — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 03:15:08 +0000

Mara says he’s undecided, which means Goodell/Mara haven’t rounded up enough support among the other owners to pass something.

By: ravenator

ravenator — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 03:12:11 +0000

Does this buffoon realize by eliminating kickoffs he will be adding to the unemployment in this country?

By: necr0philia

necr0philia — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 02:48:14 +0000

And they wonder why no one goes to the games!!

By: necr0philia

necr0philia — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 02:47:15 +0000

They really are trying to take the Foot out of Football. If they do then it’s simple put the ball on the 20 yard line and go at it in all pink tights and Vaseline.

By: duncanthecat

duncanthecat — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 02:31:40 +0000

Penalizing divisional opponents to obtain an unfair advantage is a much easier decision.

By: thekiddone

thekiddone — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 02:22:12 +0000

I’m sure Mara is taking the position of keeping kickoffs for now because D Wilson looks like a keeper. And in a couple of years when the league gets wise to him (like D Hester) and kicks away, Mara will say let’s get rid of kickoffs.

By: ghjjf

ghjjf — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 02:20:40 +0000

The same people saying they will stop watching football if the kickoff is removed are the same people who use kickoffs as bathroom breaks because they know it’s just going to be a touchback.

To make the kickoff safe and exciting the nfl needs to do the following:

- The kicking team has to line up on the line of scrimmage, with no running head start before the ball is kicked there is less chance of a “injury collision”.
- any kick that goes out of the endzone should be 2 points for the receiving team.
- if the receiving team does not advance the ball out of the endzone it should be 2 points for the kicking team.

By: angrycorgi

angrycorgi — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 02:19:59 +0000

Who cares what Mr. Born-on-third-and-thinks-he-hit-a-triple has to say?? He’s everything that’s wrong with the NFL and he’s going to drag the league down with him when the collusion lawsuit burns him down.

By: brutus3413

brutus3413 — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 01:57:53 +0000

Have the kicker kick off from the 30 again with the remainder of his team standing at the 50. The kick must go past the 50 and the kicking team cannot start running until the ball passes the 50. This gives the kicking team a great deal more advantage if they manage to recover an onside kick, it would put pressure on the returner because the kicking team is closing in on him sooner, but would also be more fair than setting up a 4th and 15. This would allow a return to happen and not allow everybody in pursuit to have a full sixty yards of steam before they reach the returning team.

Other than that…have players sign a waiver that shows they know the risks associated with playing the game. You can’t legislate out all of the risk.

By: commonsensedude

commonsensedude — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 01:51:43 +0000

Mara’s proposed kickoff rule goes something like this: the Redskins and Cowboys get the ball at their own 5-yard-line where they face 4th and 50. All other teams get the Schiano rule.

And I can even imagine Mara’s response if he got questioned about something like this. “Given the way that these teams have conducted themselves, they’re lucky we allow them to have the ball at all.”

By: dumbaseinstien

dumbaseinstien — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 01:48:29 +0000

In the last couple of days, I have heard several people state that if Kickoffs are removed, those people will stop watching the games. I agree. Worst idea ever for Football fans. At some point, player safety just isn’t that important…and this is that point.

By: voyager6

voyager6 — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 01:45:12 +0000

How about replacing the kickoff with one of those vibrating football games of yesteryear and where the ball carrier goes down or out of bound, place the ball there and start the drive.

By: sadskinsfan89

sadskinsfan89 — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 01:42:39 +0000

@pixelito. You kno what else Danny Snyder loves? Beating the giants on mnf and taking this division over for the next 10 years. All hail to the redskins and all hail rg3

By: kevindeezy

kevindeezy — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 01:39:33 +0000

Anthony he knows RG3 and the Redskins are coming for him. They will be lucky if the Skins don’t win it this year..