An onside kick 'so lethal' it may get banned, and Whistle's viewers open the rulebook
The short has more than 60,000 views in its first eleven hours, and its small comment section is busy arguing over hash marks, the 35-yard line and what to call the kick.
WhistleStory of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 94,942 views a day, 28 times a normal first day on this channel (3,389).
This Football Onside Kick Is So LETHAL It Will Almost Certainly Get Banned ❌
Whistle's title makes a bold promise: an onside kick so lethal it will almost certainly be banned. The short does not say who kicked it or where, but its viewers have plenty of ideas, and most of them involve the rulebook.
Several commenters say the play is already illegal and that the SEC ruled it out the first time it was tried. One adds a second reason: the kicking team cannot move closer to the hash marks once it has set the spot, so the problem was not only the 35-yard line. Others think they have seen it before, with talk of a drop-kick onside attempt in a Chiefs-Raiders game. Not everyone is impressed. One viewer calls it an ordinary grubber, another suggests the receiving team just call for a fair catch, and a third thinks Australian rules players would love it.
That is a lot of discussion for this channel. A Whistle short usually ends its first day with a couple of comments and a few thousand views, and this one passed both in well under a day.
It has not been a big day for Whistle overall, which is drawing fewer views than usual, and the same is true for Overtime and The Pat McAfee Show. The DAZN-owned company, best known for series like No Days Off, posted a Caitlin Clark and Taylor Swift shoe debate the same day. The kick has drawn many times more views.
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What viewers say
Just call for a fair catch
@JacobJake7See it on YouTubeWho saw it at the raiders game
@gamerboy15fnSee it on YouTubealso illegal as said by the SEC on it’s first execution.
@TEKerbalSee it on YouTube
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- Channel
- Whistle
- Subscribers
- 3,230,000 ▲ 10,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 7,539,833
- Channel views, pace per day
- 766,344 (on a normal day: 1,153,790)
- Video published
- October 5, 2026
- Video views so far
- 63,128 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 94,942
The numbers
The figures show how far one short pulled away on a day when the rest of the channel was quieter than usual.
💡 Test your knowledge
One viewer thinks Australian rules players would love this kick. The AFL Grand Final is traditionally played at which stadium?
The MCG in Melbourne is the traditional home of the AFL Grand Final and hosts it nearly every year.
