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Is our special teams a liability?

SgtJoo

By SgtJoo,
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1 hour ago, cookinbrak said:

If Gano has trouble getting the ball up enough on extra points, why not back up a couple of yards? A 39 yarder can;t be that much harder than a 37, can it?

Gano just won ST player of the month.....he is not the big issue.

Problem with ST is blocking and coverage units....they are terrible.

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4 minutes ago, Paa Langfart said:

You dont remember playing the cardinals last year in the playoffs ?  TBH I am not too sure about Ginn either after seeing him in that game,  though he is miles ahead of Bersin.

He could fumble, but he is explosive in the return game and you gotta let him do his thing.  Devin Hester who everyone looked at as one of the best returners in the game has almost double the amount of punt return fumbles (21 vs 12) and 5x as many kick return fumbles as Ginn (10 vs 2).  I'm more worried about us getting blocks without holding, or even just creating actual run lanes for him than I am about him fumbling.

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1 hour ago, ashehudson said:

That's one game. There has been 2 Webb penalties in two different games that cost us a lot of yardage and a TD. Penalties are also very fixable as oppose having terrible ST players.

Incorrect, and ST encompasses more than just punt returns. Having committed 17 ST penalties on the season, Carolina is currently tied as the 24th most-penalized team on ST; someone (I believe Teddy Williams) was even called for a hold on Fozzy's runback during the Saints game. St. Louis is worst in the league with 23 and Philly the best with 7. 

They are also the 9th least-penalized team in the league on the whole, with only 79 penalties committed on the year. It's not a team-wide issue.

http://www.nflpenalties.com/phase.php?year=2015

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1 hour ago, PantherPhann89 said:

Mare is a good kicker but his kicks comes out low and that allows it to be blocked easier. To fix this, we need: 1) We need a new Special Teams Coach that knows Special Teams. One that knows where guys need to be, how they need to block and what adjustments they need to make. 2) A new kicker that's equally as good as Mare or better but his kicks immediately has a higher projectory, which will make it slightly harder to block. Or 3) Different or better blocking personnel. The only problem with this is that it messes with the 53...

What exactly does Olindo Mare have to do with our special teams right now?  

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3 hours ago, PantherPhann89 said:

Mare is a good kicker but his kicks comes out low and that allows it to be blocked easier. To fix this, we need: 1) We need a new Special Teams Coach that knows Special Teams. One that knows where guys need to be, how they need to block and what adjustments they need to make. 2) A new kicker that's equally as good as Mare or better but his kicks immediately has a higher projectory, which will make it slightly harder to block. Or 3) Different or better blocking personnel. The only problem with this is that it messes with the 53...

For Real. You are saying Mare as in Olindo

 

check the roster 

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Well considering we are the only team in history to give up points to the other team on a fuging extra point I'd say yes. 

Our special teams has been awful for as long as I can remember. 

If we play Seattle and I have to watch Kam Chancellor jump over the line to get points the other way, I will lose my poo. 

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