The special teams were supposed to be better than last season, but we haven't seen it.
The kicking units have given away two touchdowns in the past three games. This time, it was a breakdown on Kenyan Drake's 96-yard, game-winning return. It came on a re-kick, thanks to Antonio Allen's offside penalty. He insisted he was onside; replays show he was slightly off.
The coverage on the re-kick was terrible; some players looked gassed after covering a serpentine return by Jakeem Grant on the initial kick. Anyway, here were the 10 players in coverage -- Allen, Nick Marshall, Charone Peake, Juston Burris, Mike Catapano, Jordan Jenkins, Marcus Gilchrist, Rontez Miles, Buster Skrine and Taiwan Jones, who had the only real shot at Drake. Nick Folk's short kickoff contributed, too.
It was a total mess.
This was a total nightmare, thought we fixed this unit...
The kicking units have given away two touchdowns in the past three games. This time, it was a breakdown on Kenyan Drake's 96-yard, game-winning return. It came on a re-kick, thanks to Antonio Allen's offside penalty. He insisted he was onside; replays show he was slightly off.
The coverage on the re-kick was terrible; some players looked gassed after covering a serpentine return by Jakeem Grant on the initial kick. Anyway, here were the 10 players in coverage -- Allen, Nick Marshall, Charone Peake, Juston Burris, Mike Catapano, Jordan Jenkins, Marcus Gilchrist, Rontez Miles, Buster Skrine and Taiwan Jones, who had the only real shot at Drake. Nick Folk's short kickoff contributed, too.
It was a total mess.
This was a total nightmare, thought we fixed this unit...