data-mm-id=”_hvp3scaqz”>The NFL continually attempts to evolve every season, and the rules committee every offseason attempts to introduce new rules and technologies that could dramatically improve professional football. One of the biggest rule changes for the 2024 season is the new kickoff format, which was made famous by the XFL, and will now be included in the NFL. The gist of the new rule will have the kicking team line their kicker on their own 35-yard line, and the kicking team's defenders will line up on the receiving team's 40-yard line, along with the receiving team lining up on their own 30-35-yard line. The shortened field is meant to increase kickoff returns while decreasing the chance of injury on players having to run the length of the field. The other big chang…