NEW YORK -- The NFL appears to have saved the kickoff after being on life support for years. Now its attention turns to the onside kick, which has been terminal for years.

In its presentation to NFL team owners and executives Tuesday, the league's football operations department noted the NFL needs to look at how to fix a once exciting play that has become almost too impossible to execute.

Troy Vincent, the NFL's executive vice president of football operations, mentioned to team owners the need to consider a potential onside kick alternative this offseason. That could take the form of a new-look onside kick, or the long-discussed-but-never-taken-seriously fourth-and-long attempt.

"Now that we see what has happened with the dynamic kickoff," Vincent said, "it may be time for the membe

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