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The #Chiefs have considered not using Harrison Butker for all kickoffs and instead using a player like safety Justin Reid.

Special teams coordinator Dave Toub said the new kickoff rule has kickers more involved in tackles, and they don't want that for Butker.

The full answer is worth a listen. The new NFL kickoff rule is such a huge change....
 

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They had JJ Jansen talking about this on the radio this morning.  He said the kick can get more involved because he is only one that can move before the returner catches the ball.  So makes sense if you have a defensive player who can also kick perform kickoff duties.  He said that if this trickles down to college then you will have more players who can tackle and perform kickoff duties. He also said that rules for kickoff is not set in stone and the nfl is looking for feedback from coaches

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52 minutes ago, CRA said:

Twitter embed isn’t work for me so here is a cut and paste…

The #Chiefs have considered not using Harrison Butker for all kickoffs and instead using a player like safety Justin Reid.

Special teams coordinator Dave Toub said the new kickoff rule has kickers more involved in tackles, and they don't want that for Butker.

The full answer is worth a listen. The new NFL kickoff rule is such a huge change....
 

Tabor did that some last year.  Eddie can just stay at the beach.  We got this. 

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1 hour ago, jfra78 said:

They had JJ Jansen talking about this on the radio this morning.  He said the kick can get more involved because he is only one that can move before the returner catches the ball.  So makes sense if you have a defensive player who can also kick perform kickoff duties.  He said that if this trickles down to college then you will have more players who can tackle and perform kickoff duties. He also said that rules for kickoff is not set in stone and the nfl is looking for feedback from coaches

I assume they're not predicting the kicker to go full steam right after the punt but if they didn't clarify that in the ruled book teams will exploit it. Like they can't go past the other kick off teams line of scrimmage or whatever until the ball is caught. 

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why cant they just let teams have their kicker kick it and then run off the field? Thats the only thing he can do and he also cant recover an onside. The kicking team will have 12 men to start, including the kicker, and then he runs off. 

the new rule seems complicated. Not sure if Im going to like it or not. If they wanted more returns, they shouldve just gone back to the old way.

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2 hours ago, Khyber53 said:

We're going to see a lot of rugby and Aussie rules football guys being brought into the league if the new kick-off rules prove popular. Those guys can both kick and tackle, as well as receive and run.

 

Already seeing some teams bring those guys in this offseason

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