"Toub, who has spent more than two decades coaching special teams in Chicago and Kansas City, didn't hold back Thursday when he was asked what he thought of the president's pointed criticism of the kickoff rules. "He doesn't even know what he's looking at. He has no idea what's going on with the kickoff rule," said the normally reserved Toub, his voice rising. "So take that for what it's worth. And I hope he hears it.""
"Under the rule, the ball is kicked from the 35-yard line, but every player on the kicking team must wait at the 40 until the ball hits the ground or is touched by a returner inside the 20-yard line. There are also rules for if the ball does not reach the landing zone, hits the landing zone without being caught or lands in the end zone."
"Two days after he became the first sitting president to attend a regular-season NFL game since Jimmy Carter in 1978, Trump appeared on "The Pat McAfee Show" on Nov. 11 and torched the league's dynamic kickoff rule. "I've told that to [NFL commissioner] Roger Goodell, and I don't think it's any safer. I mean, you still have guys crashing into each other.""
The NFL implemented a dynamic kickoff rule intended to improve safety and produce more returns. The rule moves kickoffs to the 35-yard line and requires kicking-team players to wait at the 40 until the ball hits the ground or is touched by a returner inside the 20, with additional provisions for balls that fail to reach or land in the designated zone. President Donald Trump criticized the rule as demeaning and not safer, saying it hurts the game's pageantry. Kansas City Chiefs special teams coach Dave Toub strongly rejected the criticism and said Trump has no idea what's going on with the rule.
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