Gresh & Zo: NFL Kickoff Rules Change, Belichick Reacts

A lot of talk over the weekend, after the first set of preseason games, was about the new kickoff rules in the NFL.

Gresh & Zo discussed the new rules and how it affects the roster.

Will some players, like Brandon Tate and Julien Edelman, actually be cut as a direct result of the changes? And what about players who specialize on kickoff coverage?

"Really, you've got to think about it," said Belichick. "If, instead of covering 60 kickoffs in a year, you think you're only going to be covering 30, then is that coverage player as important? Or on the flipside of it, in the return game, if you're going to be returning 30 instead of 60, is what the guys who block on the kickoff return – or if you have a designated kickoff returner, if you think you're going to be returning more punts than kickoffs – I'd say usually, it's the other way around, you're going to be returning more kickoffs than punts. But if you think you're going to be returning more punts than kickoffs, then maybe you put more of a priority on your punt returner than your kickoff returner, just as an example. So yeah, I think it affects it to some degree."

Hear what else Patriots head coach Bill Belichick thinks of the new rules.