NEW ORLEANS -- There were many upset NFL coaches a year ago when owners surprised them by voting early on a change to the overtime rule for the postseason during the NFL meetings. Approval of the format came with the coaches on the golf course and left many of them feeling blindsided.

Evidently that isn't going to happen again.

NFL owners are expected to vote Tuesday on changes to the rules for kickoffs that are considered drastic. Done largely because of injury concerns, the initial suggestion from the competition committee included moving kickoffs from the 30-yard line to the 35; allowing only the kicker to line up more than 5 yards from the ball; placing the ball at the 25-yard line instead of the 20 on touchbacks; and eliminating even the two-man wedge.

Coaches got to speak their minds about this proposal on Monday and a few voiced their concerns. This included Patriots coach Bill Belichick. "I don't like the idea of eliminating the kickoff from the game," he told reporters. "I think it's one of the most exciting plays in football. It looks like the competition committee is trying to eliminate that play. I don't know if that's really good for the game."

The competition committee must have listened because they planned to meet again and consider modifying the proposal that will be presented to owners and will need 24 of the 32 owners to vote in favor of it in order to pass.

Asked if the Vikings had decided how they will vote, coach Leslie Frazier said he wanted to see what was changed. "I think we want to see what the committee comes back with after they dissect some of the suggestions by the coaches and then see what form it's in and then make a decision based on that," Frazier said.

Frazier was not nearly as vocal as Belichick in his feelings, but it was clear he was glad the rule would be adjusted.

"Fortunately this committee listened and they are going to go back and discuss some of those suggestions and hopefully come back with something that can serve both purposes," he said. "Being able to reduce the injury risk, but at the same time not taking away what can be an exciting game-changing play." Frazier doesn't know exactly what will be adjusted. "They were not specific," he said. "There were a number of different things that coaches suggested that could be tweaked. One being whether you kickoff at the 30 or 35, one being do you leave a two-man wedge in or take it out. The other one was where will the football be placed on a touchback? The 25, 20? We went back and forth on a lot of those things so we'll see what they end up settling on. Hopefully, it will be a compromise somewhere."