The NFL’s newest change to kickoffs is not sitting well with future Hall of Fame head coach Andy Reid.
Reid, who has led the Kansas City Chiefs to two Super Bowl wins in the last four seasons, is a fan of special teams. While he is all about player safety, he sees this rule, which will allow teams to fair-catch kickoffs and safety kicks and spot them at the 25-yard line, as a pathway toward "flag football."
"My thing is, where does it stop, right?" Reid told NFL Network. "We start taking pieces and we’ll see how this goes. But you don’t want to take too many pieces away, or you’ll be playing flag football."<...