With the NFL instituting the hybrid kickoff rule in 2024, there’s a lot of unknown about how the kickoff will look and how teams will choose to kick or return kicks. It’s one of the biggest questions heading into the season, and Mike Tomlin might have an ace up his sleeve: Madden. Speaking to reporters after practice today, Tomlin joked that he’ll be looking at “the EA Sports game” to get a feel for how the kickoff looks.
“I think anybody that’s saying they got a handle on it is probably lying or naive. There’s no video, all we have is words on a page.