Harrison Butker is going to break the new KO

[Megatron96]

Just saw this last night. Butker already figured out how to bend the kick and force a bad return

[mr. tegu]

Originally Posted by ljmhawk

i would just boot it out of the end zone and give them the ball at the 30…why even risk a chance at a huge return with the new dumb kickoff rule?

It goes to the 35 in that scenario.

[Megatron96]

Originally Posted by mr. tegu

That’s basically what Butker is doing with creating weird angles and bounces. Really low flat kicks are risky though because they are harder to control and they would be much more likely to land before the 20 yard line, which if that happens then the ball comes all the way out to the 40 yard line.

Exactly. And what Butker/Toub are trying to do is force the returner to delay his decision on whether to return it or not to the last possible moment, as well as making fielding the ball as difficult as possible. That can lead to mistakes, and gives the tacklers more time to close the distance, which should lead to shorter returns, or even opportunities for a turnover.