A majority of NFL owners, including Giants co-owner John Mara, ignored the opposition of the league’s coaches and players on Tuesday and passed a controversial measure to limit kick returns.
The new rule will allow teams to automatically receive a first down at their own 25-line if they fair-catch a kickoff or free kick behind their 25.
Commissioner Roger Goodell and the owners had the audacity to cite “player safety” as the reason for the new rule after increasing the regular season recently to 17 games, voting in March to schedule teams up to twice on Thursdays, and voting on Monday to allow Thursday Night Football flexing between Weeks 13 and 17.
