NFL owners reject fourth and 15th rule

Photo by Peter Aiken/Getty Images Well, that’s what I get for abandoning my football purist roots.

As I explained last week, I was all in on a proposed rule that would allow teams an option twice during a game to go for it on fourth and 15 from their own 25 instead of attempting an onside kick. I fell in love with the rule. It would have created excitement and chaos all the while keeping the odds extremely difficult for the converting team. It would have brought delicious tension to the end of games.

Alas, my late-game fantasies have been scuttled as the NFL owners tabled the rule on Thursday.

Thanks, you bunch of kill joys. So, onward with the boring, old onside kick that is only converted…