2025 NFL Annual Meeting: 2024 NFL Season Highlights By The National Football League
2025 NFL Annual Meeting: 2024 NFL Season Highlights By The National Football League New York (Special to NFLNewsbyZennie62.com) - In preparation for the 2025 NFL Annual Meeting, the National Football League sent a page of statistics that celebrate a successful 2024 NFL Season, and point the way toward a positive future. • 141 games were decided by seven points or fewer, tied with 2022 for the most in NFL history. • Since 1990, 35 consecutive seasons, at least four new teams have qualied for the playoffs. • 31st consecutive Super Bowl featuring a different matchup than the season before. • In past seasons, the kickoff had twice as many injuries and four times as many concussions as a run or pass play. • With the Dynamic Kickoff, the injury rate was brought in line with a play from scrimmage. • Return rate of 33% in the regular season, a 57% increase from 2023. • Return rate of 45% in the playoffs, up from 23% in the playoffs last season. • NFL games ranked as 90 of the top 100 telecasts during the 2024 NFL season. • First game in South America (São Paulo) on Friday night of Week 1; three consecutive games in London; return to Munich. • Global Markets Program—25 teams (4 new) across 19 markets (5 new) in 2024. • NFL Flag programs have a presence in 15 markets outside of the U.S. • Concussions reached a historic low during the 2024 season, marking an important milestone in the ...league’s work to reduce head injuries. • A record number of new helmets, and efforts to educate and engage players on equipment choice led to ...an unprecedented rate of adoption for best-performing helmets. • For the 2024 regular season, the NFL had an average audience of 17.5 million viewers a game, the ...second-highest mark over the past decade. • The two Christmas games on Netix averaged over 30M global viewers and were the most-streamed NFL ...games in U.S. history. • Super Bowl LIX had a record average audience of 127.7 million viewers with a total reach of 182.8 million ...fans who tuned in. • TWO NEW MARKETS: Madrid, Spain (Dolphins at Bernabéu Stadium) ...and Dublin, Ireland (Steelers at Croke Park). • DEBUT IN BERLIN: The NFL will hold its rst regular-season game in Berlin (Colts at Olympic Stadium). • BACK TO BRAZIL: The NFL will return to São Paulo’s Corinthians Arena (Chargers)—in the league’s ...second regular-season game in South America. • THREE IN LONDON: Two games at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (Browns & Jets) and one at Wembley ...Stadium (Jaguars 14th game in London). • IN 2026: The Los Angeles Rams will play the NFL’s rst game in Australia at the iconic Melbourne Cricket ...Ground (MCG)—part of a multiyear commitment to play regular season games in Melbourne. • Competition Committee Proposal: Move the touchback to the 35 yard line to increase the number of ...kickoff returns; permit the kicking team to declare an onside kick at any time during the game if trailing. • Competition Committee Proposal: Expand the fouls eligible for Replay Assist. • Technology: Using Sony’s Hawk-Eye, the NFL will measure rst downs virtually in 2025, with the chain ...gang serving as a backup. • 14 states have ofcially sanctioned girls ag football as a high school varsity sport, with Louisiana ...conditionally approved as number 15. • The NCAA’s Atlantic East Conference announced the launch of a varsity women's ag football season, the ...rst of its kind. • With ag football set for the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, IFAF and the NFL share a ...commitment to ag’s long-term inclusion in the Games, including Brisbane ’32. • The league will build on the progress it made in reducing head injuries, including through continued ...improvement of protective equipment and rules changes. • Working with the NFLPA, the league will continue to invest substantially in data collection, testing and ...research to better understand the complex issue of eld surfaces—ensuring all playing elds are as safe ...and consistent as possible. • Year 4 of Thursday Night Football on Amazon Prime. • Year 3 of NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube and YouTube TV. • Year 2 of global distribution of Christmas Day games on Netix. • Streaming audiences are approximately 10 years younger than broadcast television. • The NFL Family contributes more than $500 million annually in philanthropic initiatives to help drive ...meaningful change
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2025 NFL Annual Meeting: 2024 NFL Season Highlights By The National Football League New York (Special to NFLNewsbyZennie62.com) - In preparation for the 2025 NFL Annual Meeting, the National Football League sent a page of statistics that celebrate a successful 2024 NFL Season, and point the way toward a positive future. • 141 games were decided by seven points or fewer, tied with 2022 for the most in NFL history. • Since 1990, 35 consecutive seasons, at least four new teams have qualied for the playoffs. • 31st consecutive Super Bowl featuring a different matchup than the season before. • In past seasons, the kickoff had twice as many injuries and four times as many concussions as a run or pass play. • With the Dynamic Kickoff, the injury rate was brought in line with a play from scrimmage. • Return rate of 33% in the regular season, a 57% increase from 2023. • Return rate of 45% in the playoffs, up from 23% in the playoffs last season. • NFL games ranked as 90 of the top 100 telecasts during the 2024 NFL season. • First game in South America (São Paulo) on Friday night of Week 1; three consecutive games in London; return to Munich. • Global Markets Program—25 teams (4 new) across 19 markets (5 new) in 2024. • NFL Flag programs have a presence in 15 markets outside of the U.S. • Concussions reached a historic low during the 2024 season, marking an important milestone in the ...league’s work to reduce head injuries. • A record number of new helmets, and efforts to educate and engage players on equipment choice led to ...an unprecedented rate of adoption for best-performing helmets. • For the 2024 regular season, the NFL had an average audience of 17.5 million viewers a game, the ...second-highest mark over the past decade. • The two Christmas games on Netix averaged over 30M global viewers and were the most-streamed NFL ...games in U.S. history. • Super Bowl LIX had a record average audience of 127.7 million viewers with a total reach of 182.8 million ...fans who tuned in. • TWO NEW MARKETS: Madrid, Spain (Dolphins at Bernabéu Stadium) ...and Dublin, Ireland (Steelers at Croke Park). • DEBUT IN BERLIN: The NFL will hold its rst regular-season game in Berlin (Colts at Olympic Stadium). • BACK TO BRAZIL: The NFL will return to São Paulo’s Corinthians Arena (Chargers)—in the league’s ...second regular-season game in South America. • THREE IN LONDON: Two games at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (Browns & Jets) and one at Wembley ...Stadium (Jaguars 14th game in London). • IN 2026: The Los Angeles Rams will play the NFL’s rst game in Australia at the iconic Melbourne Cricket ...Ground (MCG)—part of a multiyear commitment to play regular season games in Melbourne. • Competition Committee Proposal: Move the touchback to the 35 yard line to increase the number of ...kickoff returns; permit the kicking team to declare an onside kick at any time during the game if trailing. • Competition Committee Proposal: Expand the fouls eligible for Replay Assist. • Technology: Using Sony’s Hawk-Eye, the NFL will measure rst downs virtually in 2025, with the chain ...gang serving as a backup. • 14 states have ofcially sanctioned girls ag football as a high school varsity sport, with Louisiana ...conditionally approved as number 15. • The NCAA’s Atlantic East Conference announced the launch of a varsity women's ag football season, the ...rst of its kind. • With ag football set for the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, IFAF and the NFL share a ...commitment to ag’s long-term inclusion in the Games, including Brisbane ’32. • The league will build on the progress it made in reducing head injuries, including through continued ...improvement of protective equipment and rules changes. • Working with the NFLPA, the league will continue to invest substantially in data collection, testing and ...research to better understand the complex issue of eld surfaces—ensuring all playing elds are as safe ...and consistent as possible. • Year 4 of Thursday Night Football on Amazon Prime. • Year 3 of NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube and YouTube TV. • Year 2 of global distribution of Christmas Day games on Netix. • Streaming audiences are approximately 10 years younger than broadcast television. • The NFL Family contributes more than $500 million annually in philanthropic initiatives to help drive ...meaningful change
via YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHcBlOzDYcg
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