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Cincinnati Bengals' Darrin Simmons in NY fighting for life of kickoff at NFL summit

Cincinnati Enquirer beat writers Paul Dehner Jr. and Jim Owczarski wrap up the Bengals 2018 NFL Draft picks from Paul Brown Stadium. (Sam Greene/The Enquirer) Sam Greene/The Enquirer

Bengals special teams coordinator Darrin Simmons doesn’t like when he hears certain phrases thrown around by those around the NFL regarding how the game is played.

Right now, he's hearing many uncomfortable words about the kickoff. Primarily, discussion of it going away in the near future.

“The problem is those words have been thrown out there,” said Simmons, who enters his 16th season coaching the Bengals’ special teams.