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Kansas City Chiefs special teams coordinator Dave Toub responded Thursday to the president Donald Trump’s criticism of the NFL’s new kickoff rule as the team prepares for their game against the Indianapolis Colts this weekend.
Trump has been vocal about disliking the NFL’s kickoff rules, which were made permanent this year. The latest criticism came when he appeared on “The Pat McAfee Show” last week and called it “terrible.”
Tyreek Hill listens to Dave Toub, special teams coordinator with the Kansas City Chiefs, during warmups before the game against the Cincinnati Bengals at Arrowhead Stadium on October 21, 2018 in Kansas City, Missouri. (David Eulitt/Getty Images)
“He doesn’t even know what he’s looking at,” Toub said this week when asked about it by reporters. “He has no idea what’s going on with the kickoff rule. Take that for what it’s worth. And I hope he hears that.”
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The clip started going viral on social media and it caught the attention of Tyreek Hill, who “loves[d]“what he saw.
“F—ing animal, I love it,” Hill wrote to X on Friday.
Toub has been with the Chiefs as the team’s special teams coordinator since 2013, and he also became an associate head coach in 2018. Hill suited up for the Chiefs from when he was drafted in 2016 through the 2021 season. He was a running back for the Chiefs early in his career before cementing himself as one of the game’s best wide receivers.
Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump attends a game between the NFL Pittsburgh Steelers and the New York Jets in Latrobe, Pennsylvania on October 20, 2024. (Evan Vucci-Pool/Getty Images)
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Trump was on the ESPN show for a Veterans Day special and had several criticisms of the rules.
“I think it’s so terrible. I think it’s so demeaning and I think it hurts the game. It hurts the pageant,” Trump said. “I’ve told (NFL commissioner) Roger Goodell, and I don’t think it’s any safer. I mean, you still have guys bumping into each other.”
In September, the president called the dynamic kickoff rule “cheesy football.”
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Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstreit praised the new rule on “Thursday Night Football” earlier this week after the Buffalo Bills’ Ray Davis ran a punt return 97 yards for a touchdown. The NFL has said the dynamic kickoff system is safer and has produced more kickoff returns.
