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I know I'm in the minority, but this is why I don't like the onside kick - just adds a pure luckbox factor.
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Please. The Bills played that onside kick terribly.
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It's a coin flip across the league.
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Onside kicks are most certainly not 'coin flips!'
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You're saying some teams only allow like 20% of onsides to be recovered and some like 80%?
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For [censored]'s sake, the average successful onside kick rate has got to be in the twenties if not the teens. That's why it's a desperation / trick play.
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13% of anticipated onside kicks were recovered by the kicking team
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That's weird - I distinctly remember the 50-50 stat from about 5-6 years ago. Maybe rules changed or defenses changed like this article guesses. But I still don't like it - it just gives the losing team a freeroll at the end of games.
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Special teams is 1/3 of your team. Defending an onside kick is part of a sound special teams unit. Must be sound in the kicking game.