Jan 8, 2020 I thought this brand new league already was on delay for more time to organize pay role and cap finances. I don’t think this league will be successful. But they do have the financial coverage to be able to pay some people. I do think a post college-semi pro league, of all your best college athletes who were not picked up in the draft could be an interesting program to watch. If you do really good for a season. You’re going to have an nfl team offering you a contract. Maybe if you blow up first half of the year and you were missed by the nfl and some team takes you and you become big. Someone injured before a draft, then not being drafting then a team resting him for the season then an nfl team will be interested in seeing you healthy. Also, this could give a chance for younger nfl qb’s who are ok, but not counted as a starter. As well as Veteran qb’s who want to play a few more years just for money. Someone like Nick Foles, Baker Mayfield, Trubisky, Alex Smith, RG3, Players who won’t be in the nfl for another year or 2, but could go to the minor league and have a chance at doing well enough to get called back up. And because of their financial backing, I think they would pay a veteran more money. And hot young names that still has money signs beside his brand. Maybe Manziel making a team. But I doubt it, since he didn’t get on 1st string in Canada football. I’d maybe tune into something like that, once in a while.
Feb 4, 2020 and you guys thought football season was over ON THE CONTRARY! @dna hits @Enigma koniving @Kon @Boos @Sign Language @King of Kings @Detroit24 @Fitzy @WPG who's your XFL team gonna be?
Feb 4, 2020 Lol there’s a player that went to my high school on Seattle’s team. His younger brother was in my grade. Steven Johnson. He played a good amount of years in the NFL too.
Feb 4, 2020 NY will be my team and they will play LA in the XFL bowl! we should do weekly XFL picks lol
Feb 5, 2020 Hopefully it gets past season one this time. I was a big fan of the Hitman when i was like 10. I think LA wins it all this yr. week one: LA, DC, NY, Dallas
Feb 5, 2020 i'm gonna cheer for the DC Defenders. i'm not sure if i'll watch this consistently but i'm going to give it a chance. it'll be interesting to see which former NFL players we see on XFL teams.
Feb 6, 2020 Cardale Jones...former QB for national champs Ohio St.,.,then Buffalo Bills...finally LA Chargers...before going to XFL...to play for the DC Defenders!
Feb 6, 2020 not quite. Big3 at least famous retired ballers... I would say the XFL talent is second or3rd class but the product will be entertaining... cfl (Canadian football league) is probably the 2nd class tier of talent 1 thing the original XFL did was it was innovative with rules...the NFL incorporated a bunch of stuff from the original XFL...from camera angels to in game access to slowly eliminated kicking
Feb 6, 2020 Kickoffs The spot of the kickoff will be set at the kicking team's 25-yard line.[48] (The NFL and college standard is the 35-yard line.) However, members of the kicking team (excluding the kicker) will line up at the receiving team's 35-yard line and blockers on the receiving team must line up at their 30-yard line. Only the kicker and returner(s) can move until the ball is either caught or three seconds after it hits the ground. Kickoffs that go out of bounds, or fall short of the receiving team's 20-yard line,[49] will come to the kicking team's 45-yard line.[50] (The NFL and NCAA only require a kick travel 10 yards; kicks out of bounds are placed at the receiving team's 40 yard line.) The XFL will use two different types of touchbacks. A major touchback occurs when a kick travels into the endzone in the air, which would result in the receiving team taking possession at the 35. A minor touchback occurs when the ball bounces into the endzone, which would result in the receiving team taking possession at the 15. These rules discourage either team from purposefully taking a touchback. Teams can request to attempt an onside kick under more conventional kickoff rules. Punts The XFL will not allow gunners; all players on a punting team must remain on or behind the line of scrimmage until the ball is kicked.[52] (This is a carryover from the original XFL, although that league had scrapped the rule midway through its only season). The coffin corner punt would be treated as touchbacks and brought to the 35-yard line. The attempts to neutralize punt coverage are made with the intention of encouraging more fourth-down conversions. The same touchback rules for kickoffs also applies to punts. Points after touchdown The extra point kick will be replaced with a scrimmage play, varying in point value depending on how far the touchdown-scoring team chooses to take the snap from the goal line: a two-yard attempt would score a single point, a five-yard attempt two points, and a ten-yard attempt three points.[53] (This rule is also a carryover from the original XFL, which added the rule only for the playoffs. The Stars Football League also used the rule during its existence.) In the event the defense secures a turnover and returns the ball for a touchdown, the defensive team scores the same number of points as the offense was aiming to score. Double-forward pass Teams will be able to attempt two forward passes on the same play, so long as the ball never crosses the line of scrimmage before the second pass Overtime Overtime will be decided by a five-round shootout of two-point conversions similar to a penalty shootout in soccer or ice hockey. Such a shootout had never been attempted in organized football at the time the rule was proposed; in April 2019, the NCAA adopted a similar concept for games that reach a fifth overtime starting with the 2019 FBS season.[54][55] The defense is not able to score, as should a turnover occur, the play would be dead.[49] Defensive penalties will result in the ball moving up to the 1-yard line, while a second defensive penalty on any play, even in future rounds, will result in a score awarded to the offensive team. To speed up the overtime process, both teams' offense and defense will be on the field at the appropriate end zone. Once one team's offense has completed its round of the shootout, the other team's offense plays its round from the opposite end zone.[56] These overtime rules ensure that both teams have an opportunity to win the game and would limit overtime to 5 or 6 minutes. If both teams remain tied after five rounds, multiple rounds of conversions will be played until one team succeeds, thus ensuring that no game can end in a draw.[49] Clock changes Outside of the two-minute warning, the clock will run continuously. During this time, the clock would only stop during a change of possession.[57] This will reverse after the two-minute warning (which the XFL will use), after which the clock will stop after all plays from scrimmage[58] until the ball is spotted and will revert to NFL timing rules otherwise, stopping after incomplete passes, advancing the ball out of bounds and spiking the football. (Arena football has long used a continuous clock with even fewer stoppages; Canadian football does not use a continuous clock, but stops the clock after all plays from scrimmage following that code's three-minute warning.) The play clock will be 25 seconds long measured from the spotting of the ball, roughly the same as the NCAA rule for plays when the clock is stopped. (This is five seconds longer than the CFL rule, which is 20 seconds from the spotting of the ball. The XFL's efforts to speed up spotting are aimed to make the two lengths of time nearly the same, 30 to 32 seconds overall.) The NFL standard is 40 seconds from the end of the previous play, also used during the NCAA during plays when the clock is running; the AAF and previous XFL measure was 35 seconds from the end of the previous play.[53] In conjunction with this rule, the XFL has proposed placing a one-way radio into all offensive players' helmets to allow the offensive coordinator to run a no-huddle offense and call plays directly to all of the players from the sidelines. This would eliminate the need for a huddle.[59] Teams will be given two time-outs per half instead of three.[48] Instant replay reviews will be limited to 60 seconds.[60] There will be no coach's challenges; the sky judge will originate all reviews. .
