gumby73 Posted October 17, 2014 Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 Benji, 1 muff, lost step with knee? To many penalties? Great change not to run ball out deep in endzone and playing the better field position. We have quicker people than Jim Leonard?? Are we being to conservative?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonBrown Posted October 17, 2014 Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 Yeah I don't like it, Benji needs to man up or why not try Gilbert or Gabriel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyin J Posted October 17, 2014 Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 They probably dont want to risk anyone getting hurt at shallow positions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombo Posted October 17, 2014 Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 I think we have like 3 punt return yards. It's not the Josh Cribbs days ... But those teams sucked. Right now I'm ok with "just don't fumble" ... Hoyer the Scorer will take care of the rest. Z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrb12711 Posted October 17, 2014 Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 They probably dont want to risk anyone getting hurt at shallow positions. Yeah, I can understand Gilbert because that is a somewhat shallow position. I'd like to see what Gabriel can do though, Benjamin is doing good things for us but not returning punts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenew23 Posted October 17, 2014 Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 1 - Kick returns are pointless nowadays, which is sad. 2 - Punt Returns are becoming very difficult. How many punts are right next to the sidelines or out of bounds? Teams have figured it out, kick it high and toward a line and play max cover. We haven't seen many returns in the NFL this season. That is still no excuse for the fact that we have a holding penalty on literally every return we do try. I say just fair catch it, don't fumble, and let the offense take over. I'm fine with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comeonman Posted October 17, 2014 Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 1 - Kick returns are pointless nowadays, which is sad. 2 - Punt Returns are becoming very difficult. How many punts are right next to the sidelines or out of bounds? Teams have figured it out, kick it high and toward a line and play max cover. We haven't seen many returns in the NFL this season. That is still no excuse for the fact that we have a holding penalty on literally every return we do try. I say just fair catch it, don't fumble, and let the offense take over. I'm fine with that. THIS. Tell your players to fair catch and not touch ANYONE. I've never seen a team get a flag on every single fucking PR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasAg1969 Posted October 17, 2014 Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 I agree. They just need to let the SP players know we are fair catching everything and do a minimum on blocking AT THE LINE ONLY with hands closed so they don't grab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowburn Posted October 17, 2014 Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 The NFL kickoff rule change has pussified what used to be an exciting component of the game. The league's goal, I think, is to reduce the rate of high-impact collisions and player lawsuits. I'd guess the touchback percentage is near fifty percent. It would not surprise me if the league scuttles the kickoff altogether. Are we not men? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comeonman Posted October 17, 2014 Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 The NFL kickoff rule change has pussified what used to be an exciting component of the game. The league's goal, I think, is to reduce the rate of high-impact collisions and player lawsuits. I'd guess the touchback percentage is near fifty percent. It would not surprise me if the league scuttles the kickoff altogether. Are we not men? If by "we" you mean Roger Goodell, then no we are not men Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyceRolls Posted October 17, 2014 Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 Are we not men? We are Devo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tour2ma Posted October 18, 2014 Report Share Posted October 18, 2014 1 - Kick returns are pointless nowadays, which is sad. 2 - Punt Returns are becoming very difficult. How many punts are right next to the sidelines or out of bounds? Teams have figured it out, kick it high and toward a line and play max cover. We haven't seen many returns in the NFL this season. That is still no excuse for the fact that we have a holding penalty on literally every return we do try. I say just fair catch it, don't fumble, and let the offense take over. I'm fine with that. Yup... not to mention the "block in the back" flags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark O Posted October 18, 2014 Report Share Posted October 18, 2014 2 - Punt Returns are becoming very difficult. How many punts are right next to the sidelines or out of bounds? Teams have figured it out, kick it high and toward a line and play max cover. We haven't seen many returns in the NFL this season. That is still no excuse for the fact that we have a holding penalty on literally every return we do try. I say just fair catch it, don't fumble, and let the offense take over. I'm fine with that. Hence the reason we see Leonard back there on a lot of punts. He's not running the thing anywhere....all he's back there for is to fair catch the sucker... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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