This provision will no longer be in the experimental phase like the 2016-17 season and the 2017-18 season. Its appearance reduces the number of tee shots, making it safer for players on the field when kick-off. The NFL hopes that the kick-back attacker is more likely to NFL Coins choose to return and get a 25-yard kick-off position instead of returning to the end zone with the ball. In the past two seasons, the kick-off rate of kick-offs has indeed dropped from 41.1% in the 2015-16 season to 40.0%, and the rate of return has increased from 56% in 2015-16 to 57.1%.
The "spoon kick-off" that was once worried to the outside world has not yet appeared in large numbers. However, according to Mark Murphy, chairman of the Green Bay Packers team, the player’s injury rate during kick-off is still high. According to statistics, the probability of a player experiencing a concussion in the kick-off round is five times the average of other offensive and defensive passes. Therefore, if this data does not show a significant decline, the league competition committee may consider removing the "kick-off" directly.