Matthew Slater pushes back on idea kickoff changes are for safety | Pro Football Talk | NFL on NBC

[@eastonsaccount]

Simms rant at the end was great and you can see Florio starting to push back before he is even done LMAO

[@ericrichards8939]

Slater is right. The NFL doesn't really care about player safety, like the majority of companies don't care about employee safety. Management is all good as long as no-one gets hurt and they're turning a profit. At the end of the day, that's all the matters...$

[@frankl3518]

NFL cares so much about safety, yet all their actions say otherwise. All they care about is money. Everyone knows this

[@mitch_the_-itch]

You cant make Football safe silly millennial. If you made Football safe we would have Soccer and have 22 men flop around on the ground for being touched.

[@tHefLLwuP]

@@mitch_the_-itch floppings already made its way into football

[@ThehellgoingonBlog]

It’s all about being able to say “we did something” so they can minimize lawsuits. League probably has half a dozen more player safety rule changes up their sleeve to put off banning turf as long as possible.

[@mourka01]

Why can't they say this sport is unsafe put aside 10% of the profits from it towards post players health and be done with it.

[@TheOtherMJ_76]

The NFL will never do that because mothers all over the country would try to take their sons out of football. It may only be temporary until the next “big thing” hits, but it would be damaging to the player pool and a PR nightmare. Goodell would essentially be forfeiting his job if he presided over an announcement like that. Also, 10% is pretty ambitious. I would be astounded if they even offered up 1%.

[@mourka01]

@@TheOtherMJ_76 if people don't know football is dangerous than they probably think cigarettes' are healthy for you and think fruit roll ups are actually fruit. you can't help people like that nor should you try.

[@buddysteele7624]

Florio will you please for once let Simms finish??? Whenever Simms gets emotional Florio just cuts him off and interrupts him and frankly demeans him. But the instances where Florio gets emotional, ie 10 times a day, he gets to finish his thought. I would tell Florio to shut up and let me finish

[@terranceh1273]

I used to love watching Jacoby Jones returning kicks for the Ravens, especially in the Superbowl.

[@gentnerOG]

All skip said about that injury was "can we get back to football" .... smh

[@adam7899]

The kick off is to pin the opponent deep down field, plus it takes jobs away from 3 - 4 positions

[@eeNORMous1]

I loves me some Chris Simms everything is from the heart

[@buddysteele7624]

Mike “Look” Florio. He’s turning into Peter “Look” King

[@johnroberts1686]

Matthew Slater should have more receptions, than special team tackles. I am not sure why he has never fully developed as an offensive threat????

[@lifeforms7423]

This is mostly irrelevant to the topic, but Chris mentions the Chiefs winning the SB because of Special Teams. It is wild to think about, because their Special Teams was a joke early in the season. So many mistakes, turnovers, missed FGs, etc etc. Then that very phase was really the deal breaker in the most important game of the season. Quite the impressive turnaround.

[@VurtAddicted]

Why all this attention to changing football while UFC and boxing exists in the world? There are sports playing which people can die. Matter of fact, undeniable. Does anybody force anyone to play them?

[@sirtype-alot3391]

Alot of sports fans do not want to HAVE THIS Conversion

[@fockewulf4409]

There is a “small risk” every time you step out of your door. If it wasn’t for Chris, Mike would go full lawyer on this issue.

[@dssorley4174]

Chris and Slater are 100% right

[@franciscyr2471]

All Godell cares about is the dollar bill. He could careless about player safety. I implore RKK & the other owners to do the right thing by the players.

[@michaelr3583]

Why the 25? Just put it at the opponents 10 yard line. a lot less football that way

[@markkoep]

Trying to disincentivize teams from returning it. Avg is 20-25 yards, so unless you have a stud, a shit offense, or there’s little time left where you want to go for a home run, most players will be told to fair catch and take it at the 25.

[@mikemix77]

You guys should do a series just on bill

[@superbam9048]

Is there a better spokesman than Matthew Slater? This was the first interview I’ve heard with him. Very thoughtful guy. These are the types of people the league needs to listen too. BUT…. It is and always has been primarily about money.

[@A_New_Wavy]

If they're going based on statistics alone the next obvious choice is to remove tackling from football since it causes the most injuries, what a shame it will be when that happens

[@walker1984]

It's going to eventually happen.

[@robertschoelerman7496]

It won't happen there will always be tackling or there would be no more nfl

[@DanAllison]

Is that a Ghostbusters building playset behind Florio? If so, points to Mike! 😁

[@chuckchuckerson5364]

Why not just uae tue XFL rules?

[@DAL30505]

Agreed, at least some version of that, keep the stakes high

[@micahhayes8770]

Intro....I wonder if Bellicheck would just give $1mill to the NFL as a yearly fine to not speak to the media for the season if it was an option. Lol!!

[@TTD641]

Florio's lawyer brain really brings the show down a lot of the time. He gets so caught up in his devil's advocate, pseudointellectual BS and it's simply obnoxious to listen to

[@sharonreel8678]

Florio, you're such a freaking lawyer. This change is a bullshit move.

[@Jay_Oh_En]

NFL doesn’t care about safety. They only care about not being sued like when they were being sued by former players because of issues with concussion/CTE

[@gentnerOG]

​@Malus 😂😂😂

[@gentnerOG]

@malus you must play ping pong

[@L.O.C.1990]

I’m sorry but I remember once upon a time where players of any sport had a love for their sport they’d lay it all on the line and die for it. No one wants to see that but it’s a possibility I almost was paralyzed in peewee hockey from being checked and backflip onto my neck. I was not coming off that rink we were in a tournament and I wud not go out like that

[@micahhayes8770]

12:00…..Simms TURNT up for a min. I fuck with it and agree. It's a violent game sport that ain't for everyone. STFU Florio for calling him out after the rant.

[@sPankss52]

Simms wants to be like “Did you ever play in the NFL? No? Stfu”

[@gregory3499]

If nfl cared about safety then they should stop allowing people to tackle people.

[@marcob1729]

the XFL has already solved this problem, but the NFL would never admit that

[@garethjohnson8579]

Why not kickoff from halfway, like every other type of "football" ie football, rugby etc? Make the end zone touch back to the 20 like it used to be. That way most likely most teams will take the touchback. You can even let the defending team have players just 10yards back as blocking.

[@lyleswavel320]

All this does is make the quarterback is the star, in fact nfl is going the way of NBA, one star is the face of the league like LeBron is to NBA, no way any quarterback can surpass Bradys 7 superbowl victories unless nfl officiating helps that quarterback, one penalty can cause a team to loss a game, nfl doesn't want it a team effort, no 1 quarterback is nfl face and star

[@relaxgaming8872]

Y they are butt hurt about this? If u want to return it then don’t call for a fair catch. Wats the big deal? Nfl isn’t forcing them to call fair catch?

[@walker1984]

Special Teams will be gone eventually.

[@tracybranson1699]

If they really cared they would get rid of turf. The players hate it because of injury.

[@robertschoelerman7496]

I agree real grass is the answer

[@tracybranson1699]

@@robertschoelerman7496 🙌🏽🏈🙌🏽

[@wpl8275]

Who cares. At this point just give them the ball at the 25 yard line. No kickoffs anymore. Don't even go through the kabuki dance of having one.

[@rungy8214]

Counselor....Bill Bellicheck demands respect even from reporters...he has earned that. For you to say he should go coach Lacross for being STERN with reporters is stupid on your part. I love you counselor...very much...I watch every show you do. But please don't say that Bellicheck should coach lacross...that is just not a smart thing to say....by ANYONE.

[@robertschoelerman7496]

I like how belecheck says something then blatantly lie saying he never said it that's not the first time belecheck has said something git quoted then lied and back tracked off of it and on a other show it showed belecheck s quote

[@aron4117]

If someone dies on the field I think for sure the number of kids playing football would go down for a couple of years but after everyone forgets it would be back. If the league cares about players safety they would ban turf and only play on grass, over medical care for players, no more and, Thursday Saturday, and Monday games. If the NFL pushes back then the players at the CBA should argue for 55% of the revenue coming in

[@seandupree8871]

Unfortunately high school players die - some from serious injury or from heat exhaustion or heat stroke while others have become paralyzed but their stories receive little to no coverage from the media. Player safety is only an issue when it comes to the NFL

[@lyleswavel320]

How many nfl retirees from 50 to 75 that nfl is helping, compensating the hurt players, that will let you know how much they care, a football player can be injured from receiver running full speed having collision with defensive corner

[@anthonyblakely399]

The GAME IS VIOLENT!!! If you don't like violence Go watch something else!!!! Bottom line!!!!

[@gentnerOG]

Go play ping pong

[@zeppelinmexicano]

Only hypocrites would avoid replacing the turf. When are the players going to go after this instead of money? Since this is a tackling sport, something inherently violent, you can see where this Fawlty Towers logic is taking us. And why are we ignoring the concussion stats from rugby, where most guys don't even wear any head protection? Because of the money involved with shittier and shittier helmets. Helmets and turf, you can only imagine the kickback schemes.

[@anthonyblakely399]

NFL doesn't CARE ABOUT safety. The Organization CARES ABOUT MONEY!!!! Bottom line....Don't give me this Bull crap about "Safety" Roger......Taking a major play out of the game of Pro Football that has been around for almost a hundred years and 68 years I have been on this Earth, takes away the quality of Pro Football.....and if or when there is a concussion everybody sees it on the TV and field because when the player is down everyone sees it.........so the quality of the Pro Football has gone down.....and less viewers will view because of it!!!

[@ethanmyers4882]

Need full time refs and grass fields, MLS players have the right to play grass so why should a contact sport be any different? These players should take a stand ngl, NFL needs to stop being so cheap that is not the wave like this is pro sports fans are paying for an experience that you should provide and to the team/staff just feels like they don’t care and it’s really upsetting

[@rayshondukes-uo8xk]

Deon too

[@3716anderson]

Simms???? "unsafer???" Maybe it should be "less safe".

[@rayshondukes-uo8xk]

Wow

[@rayshondukes-uo8xk]

Deon wants to play

[@rayshondukes-uo8xk]

And stay clean ok rayshon laroy dukes and Deon going to make sure ok

[@chrishoang63]

League got soft i swear !

[@rayshondukes-uo8xk]

I want to play

[@rayshondukes-uo8xk]

Deon wants to coach or something

[@ksmooth1973]

This world is in pc hell and the nfl is contributing to that in a big way.

[@DAL30505]

It's a money problem, nothing to do with pc lol

[@DAL30505]

Quit obfuscating

[@rayshondukes-uo8xk]

Was up

[@iiRolltide]

I think mike is dead wrong about it drastically hurting the nfl if someone dies on the field. It’ll be sad and a lot of prayers and people on twitter complaining about how dangerous the sport is and then the next prime time game is gonna start and it’ll still be the most watched thing in the world. There ain’t nothing on earth that’s gonna stop me from watching football.

[@AlwaysHalloween000]

Won't be long before they just give the ball to a team and start at the 25 like they do in the NBA in the 2nd half

[@theblackenedone1366]

Too bad LT didn't "pull up" before ending Theisman's career? I'm convinced he wouldn't be able to play in today's game because a player of his caliber could possibly end a player like Bryce Young? 🫣