{"id":123364,"date":"2025-11-21T07:34:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T07:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=123364"},"modified":"2025-11-21T07:34:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T07:34:08","slug":"chiefs-coach-responds-to-trumps-criticism-of-nfl-rule-no-idea-whats-going-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=123364","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs coach responds to Trump\u2019s criticism of NFL rule: \u2018No idea what\u2019s going on\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kansas City Chiefs assistant head coach Dave Toub has brushed off President Trump\u2019s criticisms of recent changes to the NFL\u2019s kickoff rules.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe doesn\u2019t even know what he\u2019s looking at,\u201d Toub said at a press conference on Thursday, eliciting a laugh from the gathered reporters. \u201cHe has no idea what\u2019s going on with the kickoff rule, so I\u2019m going to take that for what it\u2019s worth. I hope he hears it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Throughout this year, President Trump has railed against the league\u2019s new kickoff rules that prevent the kicking team from moving forward until the ball lands or is caught by a returner on the opposing side.<\/p>\n<p>During an interview earlier this month on <em>The Pat McAfee Show<\/em>, Trump said the new \u201dDynamic Kickoff\u201d rules, first introduced last year, have made the game \u201cunromantic\u201d and are \u201cdemeaning to football.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do have to say, I\u2019ll probably get myself in a little trouble for this. I hate the new kickoff in football,\u201d Trump said. \u201cI think it\u2019s so terrible, I think it\u2019s so demeaning, and I think it hurts the game. It hurts the pageantry.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure>\n<div data-gallery-length=\"2\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.the-independent.com\/2025\/11\/20\/20\/CHIEFS_TRUMP_REGLA_SAQUE_INICIAL_53091.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.the-independent.com\/2025\/11\/20\/20\/CHIEFS_TRUMP_REGLA_SAQUE_INICIAL_53091.jpg?quality=75&amp;width=320&amp;auto=webp 320w, https:\/\/static.the-independent.com\/2025\/11\/20\/20\/CHIEFS_TRUMP_REGLA_SAQUE_INICIAL_53091.jpg?quality=75&amp;width=640&amp;auto=webp 640w\" alt=\"Chiefs coach responds to Trump\u2019s criticism of NFL rule: \u2018No idea what\u2019s going on\u2019\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption>Chiefs assistant coach Dave Toub says Trump has \u2018no idea\u2019 about how new NFL kickoff rules actually work, despite recent criticism from the president (AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Earlier this season, Trump wrote on social media that the rules made the game \u201cridiculous looking\u201d and led to \u201csissy\u201d football.<\/p>\n<p>The rules, which NFL owners voted to make permanent this year, were introduced to encourage more kick returns and fewer injuries to players.<\/p>\n<p>During the first seven weeks of this season, the rate of kickoffs returned has more than doubled to 79.3 percent, though injuries are also up, according to The Athletic.<\/p>\n<p>Head injuries, however, were down nearly 43 percent overall during the first year under Dynamic Kickoff rules, per Reuters.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure>\n<div data-gallery-length=\"2\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.the-independent.com\/2025\/11\/10\/1\/35\/SEI273797728.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.the-independent.com\/2025\/11\/10\/1\/35\/SEI273797728.jpg?quality=75&amp;width=320&amp;auto=webp 320w, https:\/\/static.the-independent.com\/2025\/11\/10\/1\/35\/SEI273797728.jpg?quality=75&amp;width=640&amp;auto=webp 640w\" alt=\"Chiefs coach responds to Trump\u2019s criticism of NFL rule: \u2018No idea what\u2019s going on\u2019\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption>Trump is an avid football fan and attended a Washington Commanders game earlier this month, becoming the first sitting president to attend a regular-season NFL game since Jimmy Carter in 1978 (IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The president has long been interested in football.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, he became the first sitting president since Jimmy Carter in 1978 to visit a regular-season NFL game when he dropped in on a Washington Commanders-Detroit Lions match-up.<\/p>\n<p>The crowd reportedly booed the president on arrival.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, Trump was an outspoken critic of NFL players who took a knee to protest racism amid the Black Lives Matter movement.<\/p>\n<p>In the mid-1980s, Trump briefly owned the New Jersey Generals USFL team.<\/p>\n<p>The Chiefs are ranked third in the AFC West, with five wins and five losses<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NFL claims the new kickoff rules help prevent injury to players<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":123367,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - 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