Chiefs' Andy Reid Worried Player Safety Rule Changes Could Turn NFL Into 'Flag Football'

The NFL believes it is making strides toward making the game safer for its players, but Andy Reid isn’t so sure it is progress.

Christian Petersen/Getty ImagesThe NFL believes it is making strides toward making the game safer for its players, but Andy Reid isn’t so sure it’s progress.

“My thing is, where does it stop, right?” Reid explained to NFL Network. “We start taking pieces and we’ll see how this goes. But you don’t want to take too many pieces away, or you’ll be playing flag football.” The rule change regarding fair-catch kickoffs is clearly intended to encourage teams to fair-catch. This, of course, begs the question of why they would kick the ball off at all if they’re simply going to let teams fair-catch and take the ball at the 25. Why not just place the ball at the 25 and have teams start from there?

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