In the last few years Danny Trevathan Jersey , the NFL’s emphasis on reducing injuries on kickoffs has focused primarily on incentivizing teams to go for touchbacks, rather than returns. This year’s rule changes are different.

NFL Executive V.P. of Football Operations Troy Vincent said on PFT Live the rules passed yesterday, which include eliminating running starts and limiting where players can line up, will actually result in more kickoff returns.

“This will encourage more kickoff returns and a more explosive play Cody Whitehair Jersey ,” Vincent said.

So how could more returns result in fewer injuries? Vincent said it’s all about limiting the number of high-speed collisions right at the start of the play, which Vincent believes the new restrictions will reduce.

“What our data has said is most of those head injuries occurred up in that first 15 yards, which we call the no-blocking zone,” he said. “We believe it will reduce some of the unnecessary risk that we’ve seen in the past.”

Vincent said the kickoff should be a more integral part of football this season Womens Deryk Engelland Jersey , saying, “We think it’s a better play today.”
Browns cornerback Howard Wilson will miss his second straight NFL season before it started.

Wilson had surgery on Tuesday for a torn left patellar tendon and is expected to be sidelined the entire 2018 season, a cruel blow for the former fourth-round pick who missed last season after breaking his kneecap in rookie minicamp and undergoing surgery.

Wilson, who played collegiately at Houston Lane Taylor Jersey , had not been practicing with the team during OTAs.

The team also said punter Britton Colquitt and rookie defensive end Chad Thomas are sidelined after undergoing surgeries, but both should be back for training camp next month.

Colquitt had surgery on his right (kicking) knee. The 33-year-old had a career-high 47.6-yard gross average last season, his second with Cleveland. He also broke his own team record with a 40.6-yard net average.

Thomas, a third-round pick from Miami Chris Wormley Jersey , had sports hernia surgery.
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