BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Five yards means something to Mike McCarthy.
And the Green Bay Packers coach doesn’t sound happy about giving it up.
Only hours before the NFL owners voted to move touchbacks on kickoffs from the 20- to the 25-yard line, McCarthy expressed reservations about the rule change, which was one of several approved at this week’s owners meetings.
"Do you want the kicking game in the game or not in the game?" McCarthy said Wednesday at the meetings. "If it’s in the game, let’s kick it and return it and let’s play the play.