The NFL will meet up in Florida at the annual league meetings early next week, and there will be discussions about some new rules and some may be passed. The Lions have multiple proposals on the docket this year.

One thing that we already know won’t be changing is the onside kick. The UFL recently changed to a rule that had Dan Campbell written all over it.  They got rid of the onside kick in favor of one 4th-and-12 attempt from the kicking team’s 28-yard line.

The NFL has already made the onside kick meaningless by making it so teams have to declare to their opponents that they intend to try it. There were 42 onside kick attempts in 2024, and only three of them were successful. At this point, it’s just a useless strategy. The Lions had two of those attempts and were unsuccessful on both.

What they were successful at was going for it on fourth down. They went for it 33 times in 2024 and were successful on 22 of those attempts. For a team that loves to gamble, a rule that would allow them to gamble and get their ball back for their hot offense is one that the Lions would have probably utilized quite a bit.

The NFL was reportedly considering the move. The Eagles proposed a similar rule last year, but it would require a fourth-and-20 conversion from the kicking team’s 20-yard line. Ultimately, Executive Vice President of Football Operations Troy Vincent said on a media briefing call on Wednesday that the NFL will not be making any change.

“There was a sense of you earn everything, every snap is important and some consider, you heard this from time to time, (the idea is too) gimmicky, this is not (for the) National Football League. Vincent said. “The clubs weren’t open to proposing that fourth-and-17, that model that we’ve seen over the previous years.”

So there you go. The NFL will remain boring and predictable on this particular thing. We’ll see what they decide to do in Florida.