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Gano's leg strength

Marguide

By Marguide,
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Marguide

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Opinions please.

I'm sure we've all noticed Gano's shorter KO's.

Is it a case of him losing leg strength, or is Dehaven behind it, trying to encourage the opponents to bring it out and hoping we get them down at the 10 or 15?

Either way it kind of bit us in the ass yesterday, and I hope we can get it worked out.

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My guess is that yesterday it can be attributed to kicking into the wind. Gano and DeHaven knew he wasn't going to be able to kick it into the end zone, so he kicked if shorter and high in hopes to allow the coverage unit to get down the field. They got down the field but didn't keep their lanes and a guy with great speed made them pay. Can't say that there's any more to it than that. 

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5 minutes ago, VerticalThreat said:

My guess is that yesterday it can be attributed to kicking into the wind. Gano and DeHaven knew he wasn't going to be able to kick it into the end zone, so he kicked if shorter and high in hopes to allow the coverage unit to get down the field. They got down the field but didn't keep their lanes and a guy with great speed made them pay. Can't say that there's any more to it than that. 

This. If I remember correctly, he was kicking them out of the end zone in the second and third quarter, so I'm thinking it was being against the wind in the first and fourth.

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1 minute ago, Marguide said:

It wasn't just yesterday though. I've noticed it in several games this year.

Perhaps it's been windy in several. It's difficult to tell sometimes watching the telecast.

i mean its rained during like five games this year and that definitely isnt helping with footing

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I was wondering the same thing myself a few weeks ago. I think it really has more to do with situations and dehaven's scheme because while we haven't been getting touchbacks, they've barely been getting the ball past the 15 when they take it out. Happened too often from gano for me to think otherwise. 

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He's still been decent. 2nd in KO yards and T-6th in # of touchbacks. But as a percentage of all kickoffs his TB number is lower this year at around 55% vs 74% in 2014 and 78% in 2013. But our kickoff coverage numbers are just gross. And we're one of only 4 teams that have allowed KO return TDs this year. I hope he sends them into the stands from now on. Anything else and I'll be holding my breath. 

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