The 2026 NFL touchback spot depends on the play and, on free kicks, whether the ball touched the landing zone before entering the end zone.

An NFL safety gives the defense two points, then makes the scored-upon team free kick from its own 20. Learn the impetus rule, exceptions and restart.

NFL field goals and kicked Trys cannot use a manufactured tee, block or placed marker. Here is what the holder may do, how officials enforce it and why kickoffs are different.

A missed NFL field goal usually gives the receiving team the ball at the kick spot, but touches, blocks and the 20-yard line create important exceptions.

An NFL field goal counts only when a legal kick completes a precise path through the goal. Learn the plane, touch, doink, and high-kick rules.

The defense on an NFL extra point or two-point try receives the next kickoff—even if it scores on a return. Here is the rule, exceptions, and examples.

NFL Try penalties can erase a score, create a replay, shift enforcement to the kickoff or produce a rare one-point safety. Here is the rule.

An NFL extra-point kick begins at the 15-yard line, while a two-point run or pass begins at the 2. Here is how teams choose and change the Try spot.

After a fair catch, an NFL team may snap the ball or attempt a no-tee fair-catch kick. Here is when the rare three-point option applies.

A blocked punt can stay live behind the line but dies on a kicking-team recovery beyond it. Here is how location and touching decide possession.

A punt gunner may be forced out, but voluntarily leaving to avoid a block is a foul. Learn the NFL penalty and return requirement.

A true simultaneous punt catch or recovery belongs to the receiving team, but officials must first decide whether one player possessed the ball before the other.

Kick-catch interference can be called without a fair-catch signal. Learn the NFL standard, 15-yard enforcement, exceptions, and what officials watch.

NFL punt penalties can be enforced from the previous spot, the end of the kick, the foul spot or the dead-ball spot. Here is how to identify the correct ruling.

A punt is not automatically a touchback when it crosses the goal line. Learn when it stays live, when it dies, and how a receiver’s touch changes everything.

A punt gunner who goes out of bounds needs more than two feet back inbounds. Here is the exact NFL rule, penalty, exceptions and two game examples.

A motionless loose ball is not instantly dead. NFL Rule 7-2-1(i) tells officials when to wait, whistle, and award possession.

An ordinary NFL kickoff that first touches short of the receiving 20 is dead immediately. Learn why the ball usually goes to the 40 and when exceptions apply.

A score ends an NFL play at a precise legal moment, not when the whistle sounds. Here is how the trigger changes for touchdowns, field goals, safeties, touchbacks and Trys.