Raiders Legend Tim Brown Names 1 Rule He'd Take From Arena Football And Implement In Nfl

Pro Football Hall of Famer Tim Brown played 16 years pinch the Raiders statement erstwhile nan squad was successful Los Angeles and later successful Oakland.

He was a nine-time Pro Bowler and named to nan All-1990s Team for his efforts pinch nan Raiders and narrowly missed retired connected a Super Bowl title. Still, without nan ring, he is 1 of nan top receivers of all-time pinch 1,094 catches for 14,934 yards and 100 touchdowns.

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Los Angeles Raiders receiver Tim Brown, #81, successful action against nan Atlanta Falcons astatine Fulton County Stadium successful Atlanta connected Sept. 22, 1991. (Manny Rubio-USA TODAY Sports)

Brown now serves arsenic nan president and commissioner of The Arena League – an indoor shot convention featuring six teams and 7-on-7 shot connected nan field. He appeared connected "Up & Adams" connected Tuesday and was asked which norm he would bring to nan NFL from nan arena game.

"Getting free of kickers," Brown told Adams. "We person nary kicking successful our league. Getting free of kickers. I owned an (arena shot team) years agone and kicking was nan worst portion of nan game. Obviously, nan poles were narrow, and it made it very difficult for those guys. 

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Los Angeles Raiders receiver Tim Brown, #81, carries nan shot against nan San Francisco 49ers during a pre-season crippled astatine Candlestick Park successful San Francisco connected Aug. 8, 1993. (USA TODAY Sports)

"It really slowed nan crippled down. It conscionable wasn’t what you want to spot – you’re talking astir fast-paced games. Now we person a throw-off. These guys virtually propulsion nan shot and it’s nan champion point ever. I cognize it would ne'er happen. I sewage a batch of friends who were kickers successful nan league. But it works. It makes for a very fun-paced, fast-paced, nosy crippled and I deliberation it’s a beautiful thing."

The NFL has surely made a fewer norm changes astir nan kickoff, while nan United Football League has taken distant kicking erstwhile it comes to points aft touchdowns.

Pro Football Hall of Famer Tim Brown answers questions during a "Chalk Talk" held astatine nan Pro Football Hall of Fame connected Thursday, April 17, 2025. (Kevin Whitlock / Massillon Independent / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

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Any norm alteration successful nan convention would request to beryllium approved by 24 of nan 32 owners.

Fox News' Connor McGahan contributed to this report.

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