KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) -It has been a strange summer for Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker. We are used to seeing him pound long field goals and kickoffs at training camp, but this year, fans have been treated to a different type of show- as Butker has spent much of July and August perfecting his squib kicks.

The reason: for a second straight year, the NFL has changed their kick off rules.

Gone are the days of hammering the ball out of the end zone.

It is certainly a different world for chiefs special teams coordinator Dave Toub. “Last year, you got the ball at the 30,” he recently told the media, “Now you get the ball at the 35. That’s going to change everything.”

Under the new rules, kickoffs should land between the 20 yard line and the end zone.

“So teams are going to want to hit it i

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