Quote:What I worry about when I see the diminished impact of special teams on NFL games today is this: Would Steve Tasker or Bernie Parmalee or Larry Izzo have had careers in football today with these rules? Steve’s one of the best special-teamers of all time, and Bernie and Larry aren’t far behind. Think of all the games they won, or had huge impacts on. And think of erasing them from football history. I just think that’s a very big loss for the sport.

http://mmqb.si.com/2013/10/04/mike-westh...&eref=sihp

gonna be even worse when the Boz hits the NFL next year

I haven't seen the data to substantiate it but the reason the rule was changed was for safety because the play seemed to cause so many injuries. So, the rule could help more careers than it hurts. Speculation of course...