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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 833475">There was a change in 2009:"...having any more than two blockers within two yards of each other on the same plane in front of a kickoff returner will result in a 15-yard penalty."<a href="http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d8104d93c/article/no-wedge-means-major-adjustment-for-kickoff-units" target="_blank">http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d8104d93c/article/no-wedge-means-major-adjustment-for-kickoff-units</a>More changes in 2018 that killed wedge blocking:"With eight players in the “setup zone”, that leaves two blockers and a returner near the goal line. Those two players cannot team up to both block the same player. Wedges have been gradually phased out of the NFL, with the rule <a href="https://go.redirectingat.com/?id=66960X1516590&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nfl.com%2Fnews%2Fstory%2F09000d5d8104d93c%2Farticle%2Fno-wedge-means-major-adjustment-for-kickoff-units" target="_blank">dwindling down to just two-player wedges in 2009</a>. They have now been removed altogether."<a href="https://www.sbnation.com/2018/5/22/17369774/nfl-kickoff-rule-change-explained" target="_blank">https://www.sbnation.com/2018/5/22/17369774/nfl-kickoff-rule-change-explained</a></blockquote>

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