REPORT: NFL Considering Major Change To Onside Kick Rule Thanks To The AAF

May 21, 2020, 2:06pm EST (Updated: April 12, 2023, 6:56pm)By Darrelle Lincoln

Onside kicks did not have a very good success rate since the National Football League changed its kickoff rules in 2018. However, things might be changing drastically and the NFL is seriously considering a major change to the rules that could actually make games even more interesting.

According to NFL Network insider Tom Pelissero, the league has received numerous proposals that would allow teams to go for it on 4th-and-15th from their 25-yard line.

If the team does not convert, then it will be a turnover on downs and the opposing team will get possession at the dead ball spot.

NFL clubs today received updated playing rules change proposals.

Most interesting: an alternative to the onside kick that would allow a team a chance to maintain possession by going for it on 4th-and-15 from their 25-yard line. Sounds like support for the idea is growing.
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) May 21, 2020

Owners will vote next week on an onside kick alternative that would give the trailing team the chance to maintain possession with a 4th-and-15 play from its own 25-yard line. Per NFL Network, the support for the rule is growing.
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) May 21, 2020

We’ve seen this in action already during the shortened 2019 AAF season.

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There's no such thing as an onside kick in the AAF. Instead you have the option to take the ball on your own 28 and face 4th and 12. It happened today:pic.twitter.com/snrzBSd5wO
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) February 25, 2019

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The NFL also tried this at the 2020 Pro Bowl as well.

The NFL’s new rule getting a test at the Pro Bowl as the NFC had 4th-and-15 instead of an onside kick pic.twitter.com/hokSTv6nLP
— Caleb Johnson (@ATLjohnson18) January 26, 2020