{"id":1579268,"date":"2024-03-26T18:47:04","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T22:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1579268"},"modified":"2024-03-26T18:47:05","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T22:47:05","slug":"packers-nfl-kickoff-change-vote-no","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/packers-nfl-kickoff-change-vote-no\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Bay Packers President Reveals Why They Were One Of Three Teams To Vote &#8216;No' On New Kickoff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Green Bay Packers<\/strong> president and CEO Mark Murphy is in support of the <strong>NFL's<\/strong> new <strong>kickoff<\/strong>. However, he would have preferred if there was an opportunity for a trial run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result, his team was one of just three teams to vote &#8216;no' on the change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>77% of kickoffs went for touchbacks last season. The play was becoming irrelevant and resulted in injury at a higher rate than the rest of the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an effort to bring the play back from the dead, while putting player safety first, the National Football League <a href=\"https:\/\/brobible.com\/sports\/article\/new-nfl-kickoff-rule-change-weird\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">adopted a modified structure from the XFL<\/a>. It will most certainly take some getting used to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here\u2019s what the new NFL kickoff will look like this season: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vtR5bqGZLK\">pic.twitter.com\/vtR5bqGZLK<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/1772615947922149879?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Although most <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/tag\/nfl\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NFL<\/a> organizations were quick to vote in favor of the change, the Packers said &#8220;nay.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Murphy does not want people to think that it was because Green Bay is against the rule. Rather, he would have preferred if there was an opportunity to try it out on the field before voting either way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Our issue was that it's such a major change,&#8221; Murphy said. &#8220;My thought \u2014 our thought \u2014 was it makes sense, really, to have [it] as a trial or experiment in the preseason to see what \u2014 there's going to be some unintended consequences, I think. And I just felt it made sense to have a trial.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that the vote is final and the change has been made, Murphy is on board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I think it was overwhelming, it was like 29-3,&#8221; he said. &#8220;So we'll be very supportive of it. And, we do, we have one of the better kick returners in the league. 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