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Matt Foley

By Matt Foley,
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rayzor Grand Master

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i'll be happy if lloyd can actually do what he was brought in to do...keep the other team from being able to return kicks.

i'd also be happy if we could keep punts from being blocked....news flash! teams know that if they blitz our punt they don't have to have anyone back there to return the ball! they might just try it again.

i'm still waiting on goodson to show his stuff. the captain needs to show up as well.

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i was looking at how well the cowboy special teams have done. they have a kickoff specialist as well. he had 3 touchbacks against the Bucs but only 1 against the giants. it turns out they are just as bad about stopping returns as the panthers are.

something that is also pretty good is that we are actually a little better at returns so far this year, esp. punt returns. the captain is 6th on avg punt return yardage with 12.5 and 11th on total yardage. not bad, imo. meanwhile dallas is getting 2.3 yards per punt return. they have also fumbled twice on returns, once on a KR (felix) and the other on a PR.

both teams have blocked a FG attempt.

this is one part of the game where we might have the advantage. advantage may be due to us just not being as bad as the cowboys but i'll take it.

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I said it last year, and I'll say it again now that Baker actually proved(again) he takes his ******* time to kick the ball.

I don't care if you can punt it 800 yards, it does no good if you don't get it off before being blocked.

i would love to see us replace him next year. get someone who is going to have a lot of hang time and put it inside the 20.

i place most of the blame on that punt return for a TD on baker. there was no hang time on that just straight and long.

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