NFL owners have come to a conclusion at the league's annual meeting on two of the more polarizing rule change proposals: The kickoff and banning the tush push.

Owners voted today to approve the change to the dynamic kickoff, moving touchbacks to the 35-yard line, incentivizing more returns. This proposal came from the competition committee.

"We want to put that play back in the game," Mike Tomlin, a member of the competition committee, said yesterday morning. "We want it to be an exciting play, and so all the things that we've done last year, and even in discussions that we’re having this year is about that and along those lines, and in general, I'm open to it."

This only counts on balls that are kicked into or through the end zone on the fly. Kicks that hit the ground first in the landing zone and result in a touchback will still put the ball at the 20-yard line.

One part of the kickoff rule that was tabled is making onside kicks available for the trailing team at any point in the game. As it currently stands, the only time a team can declare an onside kick is when they are trailing in the fourth quarter.

Owners also decided today that potentially banning the tush push needs more discussion. Thus, the rule change proposal has been tabled until the spring meeting in mid-May. This has been a rule change that's garnered the most attention and some strong opinions.

"I guess my real perspective is the player safety component," Tomlin said. "There's been discussions about the player safety component. It's why we took off the field goal in terms of the field goal units, and so I think that's where the discussion will be today. I'm really excited about the discussion today. I'm open-minded. I'm anxious to see what everyone has to say, but the larger part of the discussion for us is around player safety."

According to reports, only 16 teams were in favor of banning the tush push. For a rule change to pass, 24 votes are needed. It remains to be a hot topic of discussion, between what Tomlin mentioned on the player safety side and teams that are against banning the play because only a few are executing it at near perfection.

"The first time I saw it, I couldn't believe that it was legal because it was illegal on the field goal," Tomlin said. "That being said, you hate to be against it, because when people are innovative, you want to respect that, and so there's certainly been some teams that have been more innovative than the rest of us in that regard, and you hate to penalize them for it. But again, we got into the discussion on the field goal block because of player safety, and so that still remains to be a component of the discussion."