Thanks to last year's rule change moving kickoffs from the 30 to the 35-yard line, 45.1 percent of kickoffs in the league resulted in touchbacks in 2011. That's up dramatically from the year before, when the touchback percentage was only 17 percent. Falcons president Rich McKay, who co-chairs the league's competition committee, acknowledged that was probably "7 to 8 percent higher" than the league projected. But he said there has been zero sentiment to move kickoffs back to the 30. "That [change] was made for one reason only and that was player safety," he said. "Looking at the results of it, it achieved its objective. Concussions and injuries were down [on kickoff returns]. As much as 40 percent on concussions. We knew quality-of-gamewise, it would have some impact. But we were still committed to doing it. There's been no push at all by any team or anyone on the [competition] committee that we should change the rule."