XFLs 4th-and-15 vs. onside kick rule exp

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The XFL is aiming to capture a piece of the NFL's audience, starting le s than a week after the Super Bowl, but the games themselves are markedly different from NFL games.Ties are decided by modified two-point conversion attempts, rather than a traditional overtime po se sion, while three-point attempts are an option after touchdowns and extra-point kicks are banned.Along with a slew  Logan Forsythe Jersey of other unique rules, the onside kick is not the only option a team has to get the ball back at the end of a game. The rule flipped a game completely upside down in Week Enrique Hernandez Jersey  1 and figures to have an effect on a few more games as the season goes on.MORE XFL COVERAGE:What is the XFL?|||Here's what you need to know about the XFL's 4th-and-15 rule.What is the XFL's 4th-and-15 rule?Some of the XFL's rules are complicated, but this one isn't. In the fourth quarter, teams can choose Kenley Jansen Jersey  between a traditional onside kick or one fourth-and-15 play to immediately regain po se sion of the ball after a scoring drive.If a team succe sfully attempts the fourth-and-15, which is snapped at its own 25-yard line, it gets po se sion from wherever the ball ends up at the conclusion of the play.Onside kicks can be attempted at any point during a game, but the alternative is limited to the fourth quarter.MORE:The Battlehawks stunned the Brahmas using this rule in Week 1, scoring a touchdown after trailing 15-3 and immediately getting the ball back on a 22-yard pa s from A.J. McCarron to Austin Proehl.In the XFL: Instead of an onside kick, the trailing team can maintain po se sion with a 4th-and-15 play from its own 25-yard line.It just worked for the Los Angeles Dodgers  St. Louis BattleHawks.This was brought to NFL owners in the past Hyun-Jin Ryu Jersey  but didn't get enough votes. Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) The Battlehawks could have attempted an onside kick, but they gambled on a fourth-and-15 pa s being the better option and were correct. St. Louis took over where the pa s was caught at its own 47-yard line and ultimately won the game with a touchdown.It was a real-time example of how quickly the rule can flip the result of a game and a tough pill to swallow for the Brahmas, who are just its first victim.NFL onside kick rulesThe NFL currently does not have an alternative to the onside kick. In fact, the onside kick itself is a dying art in the NFL.In 2018, the league stopped allowing players Andre Ethier Jersey  from getting a running start on kickoffs and onside kicks in an attempt to prevent injuries. That dropped the succe s rate of onside kicks from 21.4 percent to 7.7 percent in a year. In 2022, only three of 56 attempts were succe sful.Some NFL fans want the league to adopt the XFL's alternative onside kick option.MORE:While many fans were introduced to  MLB Los Angeles Dodgers the idea for the first time when the XFL kicked off in Week 1, that was not the first time a fourth-and-15 idea came to light.The AAF, a startup spring league in 2019, implemented a fourth-and-12 alternative to the onside kick, though there were even more limits on when it could be used.The NFL discu sed a fourth-and-15 onside  Joc Pederson Jersey kick alternative in 2020 but the idea. When the Eagles proposed the option in 2021, the measure failed. If fans support the rule in large numbers, its arrival to the NFL might not be far-fetched.If the alternative is ever implemented at the NFL level, no lead would ever be safe against some of the game's elite quarterbacks.