Chiefs' Andy Reid says NFL could turn into 'flag football' as rule changes continue to come

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The NFL’s newest change to kickoffs is not sitting well with future Hall of Fame head coach Andy Reid. 

Reid, who has led the Kansas City Chiefs to two Super Bowl wins in the last four seasons, is a fan of special teams. While he is all about player safety, he sees this rule, which will allow teams to fair-catch kickoffs and safety kicks and spot them at the 25-yard line, as a pathway toward "flag football."

"My thing is, where does it stop, right?" Reid told NFL Network. "We start taking pieces and we’ll see how this goes. But you don’t want to take too many pieces away, or you’ll be playing flag football."

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Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid looks on against the Seattle Seahawks during the third quarter of the game at Arrowhead Stadium on Dec. 24, 2022 in Kansas City, Missouri. (David Eulitt/Getty Images)

Player safety has been the utmost importance for the league, and kickoffs have long been a topic of conversation because of the propensity to see someone injured when the whistle blows at the end of them.

"We can’t stand by and do nothing," Jeff Miller, the NFL’s executive vice president of communications, public affairs and policy, told Yahoo Sports. "Sitting still and continuing to do nothing was unacceptable. And I think that’s where the membership came down on this."

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The league found that kickoffs produce the highest rate of concussions in the league, so on a trial basis for this season, the NFL will see how this new rule, which essentially makes kickoffs useless unless the returner