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Remember back in the first week, we had 3 TDs scored on kickoff returns -- Randall Cobb, Percy Harvin, Ted Ginn? That cooled off talk about the new kickoff rules -- but reality has started to sink in.
Kickoffs have become boring. Over half are resulting in touchbacks, and there were no touchdowns scored on kickoff returns in Week 2 or 3. Through three weeks, there have been 486 kickoffs, and 245 have been touchbacks. The previous two years, we were down at 16 percent on touchbacks -- so it's tripled.
Below is the rundown by team, showing which teams are allowing the most kickoff returns. The Broncos have had nothing but touchbacks this year; hard to see any kickoffs being returned for touchdowns against them. The Seahawks and Vikings are the only teams currently getting touchbacks on fewer than 20 percent of their kickoffs.
TOUCHBACK PERCENTAGE BY TEAM
Pct
100.0% Denver Broncos
78.6% Chicago Bears
76.5% Oakland Raiders
70.6% Baltimore Ravens
69.2% Indianapolis Colts
66.7% Washington
63.6% Jacksonville Jaguars
62.5% Kansas City
60.0% Houston Texans
60.0% Cincinnati Bengals
57.1% Tennessee Titans
57.1% New Orleans Saints
53.8% Pittsburgh Steelers
52.4% Detroit Lions
50.0% San Francisco 49ers
50.0% Carolina Panthers
50.0% Tampa Bay Buccaneers
47.4% New England Patriots
45.5% St. Louis Rams
45.0% Green Bay Packers
43.8% Philadelphia Eagles
42.9% Miami Dolphins
41.2% Dallas Cowboys
38.9% New York Jets
38.5% New York Giants
35.7% Atlanta Falcons
35.7% San Diego Chargers
33.3% Arizona Cardinals
28.6% Cleveland Browns
28.6% Buffalo Bills
18.8% Minnesota Vikings
11.1% Seattle Seahawks
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