I'm torn as well.
On the one hand, it's not an exciting, super-athletic play for a first down on 2nd and long. On the other hand, it's not as easy to execute as it looks, and it represents the offense taking advantage of what the defense has given them. Another positive is that now defenses will be less likely to keep so many players deep in 2nd and long situations, which should open up more room for big-play conversions.
I wouldn't be in a rush to change the rule, but I'm curious to see how teams adopt and adapt to it now having been used successfully.
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