With the arrival of new special team rules, the NFL may look a bit different come 2023. 

When the news officially broke regarding the rule changes, not everyone was a fan. And one of those people is Las Vegas Raiders kicker Daniel Carlson, who feels limited by the rule changes. 

What are the rule changes, one might ask? The ones affecting Carlson are the following: The rule change encourages fair catches on kickoffs, with the league stating the goal is to increase player health and safety. This season, a fair catch on a kickoff anywhere inside a team's own 25-yard line will result in a touchback, meaning the ball will be placed at the 25.

Directly, that will affect the Raiders' kicker, who let his feelings be known: 

"You want to be able to perform at the highest level and not be limited by rules," Carlson said (via the Las Vegas Review-Journal). "And so, we're trying to figure out how to do that now and roll with the punches."

The rule change will make it more difficult for a kicker to pin the opposing team far back into their own territory. Carlson said not being able to put opponents in tough field positions will change the kickoff game. And as a kicker, who is skilled in booting the ball so the other team has a long field, this will certainly have an impact on how he fulfills his role. 

"Not only for field position but also for kind of the momentum after a score to go pin someone down inside the 20," Carlson said. "I think that's a huge play for a team to set their defense up and to get guys fired up."

The 28-year-old said at this point, what's done is done. Now the kickers and special team units will have to learn to play under the new rules.

"We'll just have to adjust along with all the other teams in the league and try and figure out ways to take advantage of the new rules, just like offense and defense do when rule changes happen with them," he said. " … It's going to be interesting to see how it gets used, how it gets played."

Still, why fix what isn't broken? 

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Sounds like some unintended consequences are in store.

Feature image via Corey Perrine/Florida Times-Union / USA TODAY NETWORK.