Remembering Ollie Matson, Bobby Mitchell, Gale Sayers, and so many others. Just sayin’, we’re missing a lot of great football without the exciting kickoff returns. What professional sports league would purposefully destroy their most exciting plays? Who would do this? Is this just a function of the wussified society in which we live? Here in the year 2019, this is what kickoffs look like most of the time: special teams amble onto the field. The kicker kicks the ball out of or through the end zone. The returner turns his head …. observes the ball … the special teams amble...