Rams are testing their new kicker and new NFL kickoff rule at same time

The Rams kicking woes led to the drafting of Stanford phenom Joshua Karty, whose introduction to the NFL comes with a new kickoff rule.

A few years ago, the NFL changed parameters for conversion kicks, moving them back to the 15-yard line for a 33-yard attempt. This season, there will be new XFL-inspired kickoff rules that have special teams coordinators scrambling to adapt. Rams rookie kicker Joshua Karty is comfortable evolving with change. “But field goals, I hope, are here to stay,” the former Stanford standout said Tuesday. The Rams used a sixth-round draft pick to select Karty to fix their field-goal problem.

“So he’s not behind the 8 ball or behind at all,” Blackburn said of Karty. Still, Karty said it has been an adjustment. Since the start of his football career in high school, he attempted to boot kickoffs “as far and as high” as possible. Now, that won’t be the case most of the time under potential new kickoff strategies. “It’s fun in some ways trying to play around and use some curiosity and creativity, trying to hit some new kickoff that might take the world by storm,” he said.

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