{"id":299269,"date":"2025-11-21T12:48:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T12:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/299269\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T12:48:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T12:48:08","slug":"nfl-coach-rips-trumps-football-critique-he-has-no-idea-whats-going-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/299269\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Coach Rips Trump&#8217;s Football Critique: &#8216;He Has No Idea What&#8217;s Going On&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The subject came up at a press conference and Toub didn\u2019t hold back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe doesn\u2019t even know what he\u2019s looking at,\u201d said Toub, the special teams coordinator. \u201cHe has no idea what\u2019s going on with the kickoff rule. So, I mean, take that for what it\u2019s worth. And I hope he hears it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump has persistently scoffed at the so-called \u201cdynamic kickoff\u201d that was put into place starting last season. \u201cI think it\u2019s so terrible,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PatMcAfeeShow\/status\/1988316616971743458\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"he told ESPN\u2019s Pat McAfee recently\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"69203acee4b071a086baee80\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PatMcAfeeShow\/status\/1988316616971743458\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"3\" rel=\"nofollow\">he told ESPN\u2019s Pat McAfee recently<\/a>. \u201cI think it\u2019s so demeaning. I think it hurts the game, it hurts the pageantry. I\u2019ve told that to [Commissioner] Roger Goodell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Among<a href=\"https:\/\/operations.nfl.com\/the-rules\/rules-changes\/dynamic-kickoff-rule-explainer\/\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\" the rule changes\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"69203acee4b071a086baee80\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/operations.nfl.com\/the-rules\/rules-changes\/dynamic-kickoff-rule-explainer\/\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> the rule changes<\/a>, the kickoff team (but not the kicker) is situated much further downfield and both teams cannot move until the ball hits the field or a player in the so-called \u201clanding zone\u201d or end zone. The goal is to generate more returns and reduce injuries.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday Ray Davis of the Buffalo Bills ran back a kick 97 yards for a touchdown in an eventual loss to the Houston Texans.<\/p>\n<p>HuffPost reached out early Friday to the White House for comment and didn\u2019t immediately hear back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The subject came up at a press conference and Toub didn\u2019t hold back. \u201cHe doesn\u2019t even know what&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299270,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,2490,1240,593,171157,85],"class_list":["post-299269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-donald-trump","tag-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-kickoff","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}