9. I think the biggest takeaway after two weeks of watching the new
kickoff rule is this: Why are so many returners receiving the ball three
to five yards deep and then returning the ball? It’s crazy, when the
Competition Committee has handed teams a five-yard bonus this season on
touchbacks. Take the ball at the 25! If you get the ball five
yards deep, you have the return it 31 yards to do better than what the
new rules hand you. Do you realize that no man have ever averaged 31
yards per kick return in NFL history? Gale Sayers holds the career
record with a 30.6-yard career average. To prove my point, here are a
few of the bad decisions in the first two weeks, and what happened with
them:
• Buffalo’s Brandon Tate caught a kick four yards deep in the end
zone and returned it to the 18 on Thursday night against the Jets.
• Atlanta’s Eric Weems, seven yards deep, returned to the 19 in Week
1. Later, four yards deep, he returned it to the 21. Later, he did get
one five yards deep and returned it to the 29.
• Chicago’s Deonte Thompson, six yards deep in Week 1, returned it to the 20.
(MMQB.SI.com)
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