Chris Maragos can’t imagine an NFL without kickoffs.

The Philadelphia special teams ace admits to sounding like a lobbyist when he said he never feels safer during a play that the league keeps altering in an effort to reduce high-speed collisions, backed by statistics that show most injuries occur on kickoffs.

With competition committee member Stephen Jones of the Dallas Cowboys suggesting that safety is more important than players making a living covering kickoffs and punts, Maragos is quick on the counterpoint.

Yeah, things are moving fast and you’re running down the field. But I never feel like my safety’s compromised, at all,” said Maragos, who is going into his seventh year as mostly a special teams player. “From what people look on the outside in, it looks like a chaotic play. But the guys who are really mastering it know what they’re doing. It’s pretty under control.”

Five years after moving the kickoff to the 35-yard line from the 30 to reduce the number of returns, the NFL is trying something else to encourage more touchbacks by putting the ball on the 25 instead of the 20 on a one-year trial.

There is still plenty of dialogue, too.

Senior vice president of officiating Dean Blandino held a conference call with special teams coaches during the offseason.

Among other ideas being discussed are eliminating the running start for the coverage team and pulling players on the receiving team closer to the kickoff line so that they’re moving more in the same direction as the kicking team, making it more like blocking for a punt return.