Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce He joins a growing list of people expressing disdain for the NFL’s recent concussion rule.
On Tuesday, the league’s owners voted on a player rule that would reward starters for not returning. For the 2023 season, the ball is returned on the 25-yard line if the interception catches the ball between the goal line and the 25-yard line. According to Pro Football Focus, nearly half of all kickoffs outside the end zone were returned to at least the 25-yard line in 2016 and 2017. Now teams don’t have to rely on those coin-flip chances and can get it with confidence. Ball there to start every drive.
Kelce – talk about it New heights Podcast with his brother Jason Kelsey – He was strongly against the law.
“I think this is absolutely stupid,” Travis said. “I don’t think this makes the game safer. I think it makes it more boring and takes a lot of fun out of the game’s opening gameplay. This is wack.”
A few years ago, the league was once again troubled by punts when the returner chose not to take the ball out of the end zone and looked the ball at the 25-yard line. Earlier, kneeling in the end zone starts the drive on the 20-yard line.
Jason said the trend is not good for special teams.
“We’re getting closer to eliminating special teams,” he said. “Now all that’s left is a point. When would it be fair for someone not to hold it and take the ball at the 25? Unless it’s a really bad shot, right? I don’t know.”
In the announcement, the NFL cited safety concerns for the rule change. The league even mentioned the data it supports at the college level.
League competition committee chairman Rich McKay said: “The first game is one that has brought a lot of changes for us over the years, all really driven by health and safety. “The amount of swings in the game has gone up. It’s gone up because the ball is coming back more on punts inside the 5-yard line. The college changed that rule in 2018 or 2019. We looked at their data and said, you know what, this is the right thing to do now.
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