For most of this season, the Buccaneers have taken the same approach as most teams on kickoffs: Kick the ball into the landing zone and try to tackle the returner before he reaches the 35-yard line.
LAS VEGAS — Nebraska special teams coordinator Mike Ekeler gets “a lot of freedom,” coach Matt Rhule said, to determine when his kickoff returners can take a ball out of the end zone. And Ekeler said, ...