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Originally Posted by Brock
Let's get rid of passing over the middle, receivers get hurt, PLUS there is still the running game to make it exciting!!!!!
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Settle down Brock.
If the NFL is considering this change they have a significant justification for it. I assume they have data that says it's a very serious risk. Unlike other plays.
And for the record, there's not just running plays. There's EVERY OTHER PLAY NOT CALLED THE KICKOFF "to make it exciting!!!!!".
I think there's somewhere around 30,000 plays in an NFL season (60x16x32).
There were 10 kickoffs returned for a TD in 2011.
The game will be ok without those 10 plays.
And if it replaces them with punt returns, you probably wouldn't lose anything. There were more punts returned for TD's than kickoffs returned.