Despite having the NFL’s back-to-back first-team All-Pro kickoff returner, the Green Bay Packers were one of three teams to vote against the league’s new kickoff rules, per Albert Breer of the MMQB.
The Packers, San Francisco 49ers and Las Vegas Raiders were the three dissenting votes. The other 29 NFL teams voted in favor of the change, which will go into effect for the 2024 season on a one-year basis.
The new rules are designed to make the kickoff return a safer play (see: fewer concussions) while encouraging more returns.