Returning kicks from the first 5 yards of the end zone is pretty clearly a coaching philosophy at this point. No matter who the KR is, they're being told to return it instead of kneel Do you mean for the Bears or NFL as a whole? I’d like to see some stats on percentage of returns that pass the 25. We’ve been doing this for a few years and can only remember 1-2 returns that actually got us good field position but can remember many more that are stopped inside the 20 The Bears. The other 31 coaches aren't this stupid (well, a few are)