How the league changed

The midfield punt is going extinct

Holds upThe record backs this up, season after season.

This one is in the FanIQ library with the full rule, the reason it works, and every season we checked.

Held in 7 of 9 seasons, from 2,846 records measured.

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How Football Quietly Rewired ItselfKickers tripled their long-range workload, the midfield punt is going extinct, quarterbacks run again, and every game hands out three fewer possessions than it did in 1999.

FanIQ carries this one in full: the rule itself, why it works, the season-by-season record, and the related laws.