One special teams coach isn't looking forward to how the NFL's new kickoff rules could impact the play for the upcoming season.
"The rules basically incentivize you to kick the … weirdest, s--ttiest kicks you can kick," the coach said to The Athletic's Ted Nguyen. "Any ball that can hit the ground is now artificial hangtime. And so the rules are incentivizing variations of squibs and wild kicks. And it's going to be a s--t show."
The NFL announced in March a dramatic revamp for kickoffs. The league is emulating an approach pioneered by the XFL, which sees the kicking and receiving teams line up five yards apart starting from the receiving team's 30-yard line.