The Detroit Lions are very much still in the exploratory phase when it comes to the NFL’s new kickoff rules, but special teams coordinator Dave Fipp is giddy thinking of all the possibilities for the team.
“We’re trying to experiment as much as we can, obviously. And putting our guys in a bunch of situations, both in schemes, positionally on the field, alignments, how we’re trying to play the play, mindset, mentality of it,” Fipp said. “Kind of all of the above and just trying to figure out a lot of things. Every time we do a drill, we do it a little bit differently and with different guys in different places.