NFL kickoff rule passed 29-3, with 49ers, Raiders and Packers voting against

The NFL needed 24 teams to approve the league’s proposal to radically change the kickoff. The rule changed with five votes to spare.

The final vote was 29-3 in favor of the rule change, with only the 49ers, Raiders and Packers voting against it, according to Albert Breer.

That represents more support than was believed to be in the room, especially…