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How much does <\/strong>Travis Kelce<\/strong> hate the NFL’s new kickoff rule? Well, in an epic, one-minute rant about it this week, he called it everything from “dumb” to “stupid” to “wack” to “boring!”<\/p>\n The Chiefs star held nothing back on his and his brother, Jason Kelce<\/strong>‘s “New Heights<\/strong>” podcast <\/strong>on <\/strong>Thursday — calling the league’s new regulation that will allow teams to fair-catch kickoffs in exchange for receiving the ball at the 25-yard line one of his least favorite rules ever.<\/p>\n “I think this is absolutely stupid,” the Kansas City tight end said.<\/p>\n “I don’t think this is making the game safer. I think it’s making it more boring and taking a lot of excitement out of the game’s opening play. This is wack.”<\/p>\n Travis’ biggest gripe with the rule is it’ll essentially incentivize players to never return a kickoff again — unless it’s a horrible kick.<\/p>\n Jason agreed, saying he predicts it’ll all feel just “ceremonial” now.<\/p>\n “We’re just getting closer and closer to removing special teams,” the Philadelphia Eagles star said.<\/p>\n “We’re just going to have guys, ‘Hey, I’m going to run 80 yards for no reason and then we’re going to start the drive!'”<\/p>\n “It just deflates the excitement of like the first kickoff,” Travis added.<\/p>\n![\"Travis](\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/0d\/4by3\/2023\/05\/25\/0d768da2b08f463688d849ea2b591d36_md.png\")
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