Drop kick instead of kick off

OKHawksfan":1wudpz94 said:

With the new kick off rules, the old onside kick is virtually dead. A drop kick supposedly will allow the kicker to kick the ball high but not a great distance allowing the kicking team to cover and, hopefully, recover the football. I would suspect that the balls rotation may be a bit different than a standard kickoff, making it more difficult to field.

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HawkGA":1iwxp60z said:

OKHawksfan":1iwxp60z said:

With the new kick off rules, the old onside kick is virtually dead. A drop kick supposedly will allow the kicker to kick the ball high but not a great distance allowing the kicking team to cover and, hopefully, recover the football. I would suspect that the balls rotation may be a bit different than a standard kickoff, making it more difficult to field.

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Wouldn't this just lead to a fair catch? You can do that with a kickoff, right? The reason it doesn't work with a traditional onside kick is that the kickers actually kick the ball into the ground to get it to pop up and once it hits the ground they can't do a fair catch.

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