{"id":305131,"date":"2025-11-21T12:35:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T12:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/305131\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T12:35:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T12:35:05","slug":"nfl-news-chiefs-coach-fires-back-at-trump-over-kickoff-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/305131\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL news: Chiefs coach fires back at Trump over kickoff rule"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Kansas City Chiefs special teams coordinator Dave Toub reacted to President Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> criticism of the NFL\u2019s new kickoff Thursday as the team preps for its game against the Indianapolis Colts.<\/p>\n

Trump has been vocal about disliking the NFL\u2019s kickoff rules<\/a>, which were made permanent this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The most recent criticism came when he appeared on “The Pat McAfee Show” last week, calling it “terrible.”<\/p>\n

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\"Trump <\/p>\n

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, left, watches President Donald Trump shake the hand of a young fan as he attends an NFL game between the Detroit Lions and Washington Commanders at Northwest Stadium Nov. 9, 2025, in Landover, Md.\u00a0 (John McDonnell\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

“He doesn\u2019t even know what he\u2019s looking at,” Toub said when asked about it by reporters. “He has no idea what\u2019s going on with the kickoff rule. Take that for what it\u2019s worth. And I hope he hears it.”<\/p>\n

Trump was on the ESPN show for a Veterans Day special and had more critiques of the rules.<\/p>\n

“I think it\u2019s so terrible. I think it\u2019s so demeaning, and I think it hurts the game. It hurts the pageantry,” Trump said. “I\u2019ve told that to (NFL Commissioner) Roger Goodell, and I don\u2019t think it\u2019s any safer. I mean, you still have guys crashing into each other.”<\/p>\n

In September, the president called the dynamic kickoff rule “sissy football.”<\/p>\n

TRAVIS KELCE WANTS CHIEFS TO ‘PUT ALL THE SELFISH S—‘ ASIDE AS PLAYOFF CHANCES DWINDLE<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Dave <\/p>\n

Kansas City Chiefs assistant head coach\/special teams coordinator Dave Toub leaves the field before a game against the San Francisco 49ers at Arrowhead Stadium Aug. 24, 2019. (Denny Medley\/USA Today Sports)<\/p>\n

“The NFL has to get rid of that ridiculous looking new Kickoff Rule<\/a>,” he wrote on Truth Social. “How can they make such a big and sweeping change so easily and quickly. It\u2019s at least as dangerous as the \u2018normal\u2019 kickoff, and looks like hell.<\/p>\n

“The ball is moving, and the players are not, the exact opposite of what football is all about. \u2018Sissy\u2019 football is bad for America, and bad for the NFL! Who comes up with these ridiculous ideas? It\u2019s like wanting to \u2018roll back\u2019 the golf ball so it doesn\u2019t go (nearly!) as far. Fortunately, college football will remain the same, hopefully forever!!”<\/p>\n

The NFL has said the dynamic kickoff system is safer and has produced more kickoff returns.<\/p>\n

\"Dave <\/p>\n

Dave Toub, assistant head coach and special teams coordinator of the Kansas City Chiefs during a game against the New York Giants Sept. 21, 2025, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.\u00a0 (Rich Graessle\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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The rule states that the ball is kicked from the 35-yard line, but every player on the kicking team must wait at the 40 until the ball hits the ground or is touched by a returner inside the 20-yard line.<\/p>\n

The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/p>\n

Ryan Gaydos is a senior editor for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Kansas City Chiefs special teams coordinator Dave Toub reacted to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305132,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[12,1236,349,99],"class_list":["post-305131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-donald-trump","tag-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}