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I wish when football was invented, that the rules didn't involve the kicking game. In it's modern form, the kicking game is a source of injury, penalties, and randomness (muffed punts, missed chip field goals, returns for TD). It would be a better game with the best team winning more often without kicking and punting. If you like randomness in footballl, we could have more important plays decided by coin flips.
Kickers and punters are actually playing a different game than every other player. A successful kick requires everything to go perfectly: good snap, snap is placed perfectly, laces out, proper tilt, no gusts of wind, good footing and a thousand other things. It's closer to golf or bowling than it is to playing any other position on the football field.
Imagine if QBs required everything to go right. Called the wrong play for the defense? Fail. Pass rush? Fail. Bad snap? Fail. Receiver not open by five yards? Fail. Ball is wet? Fail. Wind is blowing? Fail. Footwork got messed up? Fail. Stuff going on in my head? Fail.
Receivers: pass isn't perfect? Fail. Defender gets his hands on me? Fail. Get hit when the ball arrives? Fail.
Defensive linemen: OL has good footwork? Fail. OL gets his hands on me? Fail. QB steps up in pocket? Fail.
Football is about every player locked in conflict with one or more other players and overcoming that conflict to make a great play. Kicking and punting are antithetical to that idea.
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