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Message: [QUOTE="SUskibum, post: 3497728, member: 149"] Totally agree. Also I think your observation is the reason many are looking at eliminating (or at least reducing) kickoff return volume, but nobody is looking at punt returns. It’s because the injury incident rate on KO is much higher. Thinking about it, in the KO coverage scenario a team gets a running start and sprints, mostly unabated, 30-50 yards down field before contact (whether with the ball carrier or blocker) In a punt coverage scenario, no member of the coverage team is allowed a free running release and is hit and blocked, all the way down the field. Also the distance is shorter, all of which leading to generally reduced intensity of collisions [/QUOTE]