Devin Hester Comments on NFL Potentially Eliminating Kickoffs in Future

Atlanta Falcons wide receiver and return specialist Devin Hester isn’t pleased with the NFL’s decision to move touchbacks from the 20-yard line to the 25-yard line to improve player safety and reduce injuries on kick returns. 

“It’s like taking away a job from people,” Hester told Vaughn McClure of ESPN. 

It’s hardly surprising Hester would be annoyed by the new rules. The star returner has made a living as a threat on special teams, returning five kickoffs and 14 punts for touchdowns in his career. His 20 total returns for touchdown—he also returned a missed field goal for a score—are the most in NFL history.

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And Hester, at least, doesn’t think that kickoffs are any more dangerous than any other part of the game.

“I got a concussion making a block at receiver,” he said. “But I never got hurt taking hits back on kickoffs.”

Of course, kickoffs are often much more dangerous for the blockers and defenders that collide at full speed during the play, hence the NFL’s …

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