Mara: NFL may be moving toward axing kickoffs

Giants co-owner and competition committee member John Mara thinks the NFL could eventually move towards eliminating kickoffs altogether due to the inherent safety concerns of having two groups of 11 men getting a 40-yard head start and running full speed into each other.

“We’re not at the point where we want to take the kickoff out of the game completely, although we may be moving in that direction,” Mara said recently, according the team’s website. “One of the concerns is what do you do in a situation where you’ve scored late in the game and you’re down by less than a touchdown, and it takes away the onside kick.

“As I say, you could very well see the kickoff eliminated at some point in time in the future, but I don’t think we’re at that point yet. It still does remain an exciting play, but it’s also a …

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