Goodell considering doing away with kickoffs

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Originally Posted by mcaj22

the problem here is there is a lot of players around the league that strictly make a living off special teams and kick off and kick return squads.

like whole careers. whether its a kick returner getting a chance to make a name for himself because hes a fast player who is last on the depth chart at WR, CB, HB, etc or a LBer buried as 5th string but can run down and make a tackle every game on kickoff, to maybe the situational young kicker who can kick the ball 100 yards with no accuracy and cant beat out the 45 year old guy on the team who makes field goals but cant kick more than 30 yards.

essentially youd be cutting team rosters down to like 35-40 some guys. You wouldnt even need 53 players, plus a practice squad anymore. Essentially a whole new system. Taking away special teams eliminates 3rd string players on NFL rosters

You're not eliminating special teams. You're replacing a kickoff with a punt.

Did anybody even look at what was being proposed?