While most of ‘The Huddle’ crew is on board with the NFL’s new rule proposal that would call for an alternative to the onside kick, Patriots veteran DB Jason McCourty is not.
The new rule proposal would allow teams to go for it on a 4th-and-15 play from their own 25 rather than attempt the onside kick.
“From a competitive side, especially as a defensive back, you don’t mind that pressure — fourth-and-15 or whatever the down and distance is,” McCourty said in a video call with reporters. “All right, we have to show up to win the game.
“But if I’m a team and I’ve earned the right to be up, we’ve made the plays necessary to be winning in the fourth quarter or whatever it might be, I have a chance to go seal the game by just catching an onside kick versus be out there for a fourth-and-15 — from that standpoint, I don’t really understand it. We’re now basically rewarding you for being behind.”
Replace the onside kick with a fourth-and-15?
"We’re now basically rewarding you for being behind."
Why Jason McCourty isn't a fan of the NFL's most radical proposed rule change: https://t.co/t0Z11b96WP pic.twitter.com/0azXhjwNku
— Zack Cox (@zm_cox) May 27, 2020
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