Foot skills coming out of defence is as important as ever. Look at how the hawks set up now, all elite users.
What I was getting at is a lot of other players have had the pressure taken off their kicking by the stand rule and can therefore execute a lot better, making up ground on the likes of Daniel who was relatively a much better kick when having to operate under immediate pressure. So if the stand rule means he goes from a 40% more effective kick than another guy to 10% better, but the other guy runs 30% better, Daniel's value relative to these other players is reduced.