I knew it was bad, but... well, see for yourself...

[R0CKnR0LLA]

Here are the average yards each team has given up on punt returns through three games.

OK, we're dead last. Not a complete shocker there, but look at the gap from us to other teams. On average, we give up more than double the team sitting at #30.

We've given up more punt return yards on AVERAGE than seven teams in the NFL have given up TOTAL through three games.

We've done slightly better on kickoff coverage. We are at 31st overall (28.3 yards per return) ahead of the Oakland Raiders. So at least we're not dead last there :mad2:

[Mr. Scot]

Significantly last. Ouch

[Jangler]

I prefer to look at it as we are #1.

[R0CKnR0LLA]

Even with all of our problems, if we just fixed our punt/kickoff coverage we'd probably be at least 1-2 right now.

[R0CKnR0LLA]

I prefer to look at it as we are #1.

We are #1 in sucking

Why does Crossman have a job still? Anyone?

[weyco2000]

I had to work during the Dallas game(thank God} I did however catch the start and some of the 3rd qtr. I got to see two 3 and outs with Dallas returning the punts for what seemed like forever. League average looks like 8 -9 yds per return, but 27.3? It's a punt return not a kickoff return! This puts the defense in a hole right off the bat and neutralizes anything the offense may have gained in the prior possession. I see no speed on ST at all, they are just running right by us.

[John Fox]

WOWOWOWOWOWOW.

A team of monkeys couldn't do that bad

[weyco2000]

Some may want to blame Baker but look at his stats:

Avg. per punt - 51.8 thats ranked third in the league.

Net avg per punt - 30.5 thats dead last!

Thats a 21.3 yd difference! We have some serious problems here guys.

[weyco2000]

By the way, good thread ROCKnROLLA!

[R0CKnR0LLA]

Baker has good distance but alot of his kicks have been low line drives with no hang time and that completely screws your coverage. I'm not saying it's all his fault, it goes way beyond a few bad punts (as the failure on kickoff coverage proves) but he's not exactly helping things either.

Seriously, at this point I'd just tell him to kick the ball out of bounds every time. Even if we lose 10 yards on the punt by angling it out of bounds that's still better than giving up 25-30 yard returns every time.

[Raskle]

Baker has good distance but alot of his kicks have been low line drives with no hang time and that completely screws your coverage. I'm not saying it's all his fault, it goes way beyond a few bad punts (as the failure on kickoff coverage proves) but he's not exactly helping things either.

This... Baker's been off too. I'm a huge fan of his, and think he's a great punter, buteven he's been a factor in our overall piss-poorness.

[Mother Grabber]

I'm not buying the kicker's fault here. There are guys down field on punts, they're just missing tackles...just like our run defense.

[TylerDurden]

We are #1 in sucking

Why does Crossman have a job still? Anyone?

B/c John Fox still does.

[Delhommey]

Poor tackling, bad positioning and a punter who insists on kicking low and long line drives to the dead center of the field. The problem is pretty much everything.