"At the March 2025 NFL meetings, resolution proposal G-2 passed with very little publicity, no interest from fans or reporters, and hardly any discussion among the clubs voting on it. G-2. By Baltimore, Cleveland, Houston, Las Vegas, Minnesota, Philadelphia, and Washington; to permit clubs to prepare kicking footballs ("K-Balls") before game day, similar to the process permitted for game footballs."
"Not just you but everybody is, we gave up a 65-yard field goal and a 58-yard field goal," Fangio said in a news conference. "These kicking balls that changed this year, have drastically changed the kicking game, field goals in particular. It's almost like they need an asterisk era, like it was the live ball era, or the asterisk for those home runs that [Barry] Bonds or [Sammy] Sosa or [Mark] McGwire were hitting. The way they have changed the ball"
Resolution G-2 passed at the March 2025 NFL meetings to allow clubs to prepare kicking footballs (K-Balls) before game day, matching the process used for game footballs. The measure was sponsored by Baltimore, Cleveland, Houston, Las Vegas, Minnesota, Philadelphia and Washington and received little publicity or debate. Philadelphia defensive coordinator Vic Fangio criticized recent changes after Tampa Bay kicker Chase McLaughlin made a 65-yard field goal and noted a 58-yard field goal had also occurred. Fangio said the new kicking balls have drastically changed field-goal kicking and likened the shift to an 'asterisk era.'
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