It's a new era for kickoffs in the NFL, and football fans had mixed feelings.
All eyes were on the opening kick, but not only because it was the first taste of the NFL that fans have had since the Super Bowl. Thursday's opening kickoff was special because it was the debut of the league's newly-implemented "dynamic kickoff."
The NFL adjusted its rules on kickoffs for the 2024 season in order to promote player safety and reduce the high volume of injuries that occur on special teams plays. The full details of the rules of the Dynamic Kickoff Bears kicker Cairo Santos had the honors of kicking the first dynamic kickoff, booting it out to Steven Sims, who returned it 21 yards.Although it may not seem like much on surface level, football fans had plenty to say about the new kickoff rules, and they sounded off on social media.
The new kickoff is going to look fake for the rest of our lives. We are gonna have to remind ourselves we are still doing that on every kickoff we see until we pass on. It won't do. I'm sorry to say we need to just go back to touchbacks.Karl Rasmussen is a staff writer for the Breaking and Trending News team for Sports Illustrated. A University of Oregon alum who joined SI in February 2023, his work has appeared on 12up and ClutchPoints.
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