Fitz actually returned a kick off!
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Do you think that last year we just , somehow, didn't have anyone who could make a fair catch reliably? I know I couldn't do it with out dropping most of them but it seems like most teams have a couple of guys who have practiced and do a good job.
Apparently. Hope they found someone this year or the head coach is going to be very frustrated again......
Fitz is full of it with this "frustrated" crap. It's a designed play. They CALL this. There's nothing to be frustrated by. It's intentional. He's delusional and insulting when he laments about he frustrated he is by our failure to return punts.
You're probably right. But if it IS intentional, why have anyone back there at all? Why not just rush 11 guys and go for the block every time? Makes no sense to have a guy back there waving his arms and risk a funny hop hitting an NU player. The aggressive play would be to go for the block.
Are you mixing up a KO return with a PUNT return?
In the case of a punt return, the return man is actually playing D as a single safety. It is extremely risky to rush all 11 with no safety, because of the possibility of a fake punt resulting in a score or a huge gain.
So did Tony Jones committ a mental error when he took one to the house last year?
Punters don't kick the ball as far as they can. They attempt to kick it high enough so the ball comes down at the same time as the coverage team not allowing a return. Not having anyone back there allows the punter to kick it as far as he can putting 15 yards on to it if not more.
The big issue we had last year was on shorter punts. Punts would go 30 yards in the air (and roll 10 to 15) when we were expecting 40-45 yard punts. Our punt returners weren't able to run up and make the catch. That yields two questions: why were they so far back? Why couldnt they react and still make a fair catch 10-15 yards ahead of where they were?
