The NFL is moving the placement of the kickoff to the 35 yard line instead of the 30 and the touchback will still remain at the 20.
They blame safety for this for some reason, but I don't really see how this is going to effect it that much. If they cared that much about safety they would have got rid of the 2 man wedge instead of this. All this will do is make people like Josh Cribbs, Devin Hester, Leon Washington and Stefon Logan's jobs completely irrelevant. Or it will make kickers kick the ball really high and by the time the ball gets caught the coverage team will be there waiting and it will be almost like a punt. Also, it will probably add more on side kicks with the extra 5 yards.
Do I think it's a huge deal? no, because they kicked it off at the 35 in 1993, but I do think it's unnecessary.
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