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Browns’ Josh Cribb loses value thanks to rule changes

Found May 21, 2012 on Pro Football Zone: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Josh Cribbs
TEAMS: Cleveland Browns
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Getty Images The new rule changing kickoffs from the 30 yard line to the 35 yard line was designed to help players and diminish their risk of getting seriously injured. Unfortunately for some players, such as in the case of Cleveland Browns’ Josh Cribbs, it is also diminishing their on field value. And it is for that very reason 2012 may be his last season as a Brown. Josh Cribbs has a specialty that no longer has a place in the NFL: running kickoffs back for big yardage gains and touchdowns. Cribbs does it better than anybody – his league record of 8 career kickoff returns for touchdowns has been in place since 2009 – but thanks to an evolving football culture that errs on the side of caution now more than ever, it appears as though he will have very few chances to ever improve on that record or the Brown’s franchise record he holds for most kickoff return yards. Most often now kickoffs end in touchbacks and, even if they don’t, coverage teams get down to the receiver much faster d...
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