@ pilares fanboys...

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I wonder if those years as a RB before converting to WR helped him with his field vision :)

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This.

I pointed this out in the thread on his TD return last week, but to me, it appears he's just running out of gas at about the 50. The burst and speed are there early and once he gets through the initial wall, but it just looks like his legs give out after that.

I think it's just a matter of conditioning and getting used to running that distance on a regular basis. The guy wasn't even on the active roster for a good part of the season, and he's our best KR in years with ability to take it all the way on any given kickoff... Give him a break.

I agree. Dont think this guy was a PR in College, plus like you said with the lock out and all. Its going to take some conditioning. 100 yd sprint 2, 3, 4 times must be tough. I see more KR TD's coming our way

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the thing is, he's doing it with one of the worst special teams units in the league...

True but how many bad Special Teams have we faced in the last 8 years?

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Thread should be renamed to "Look at me now, hater"

Kick Return

RK

PLAYER, TEAM

AVERAGE

1. J. McKnight, NYJ 34.7

2. K. Pilares, CAR 29.3

3. T. Ginn Jr., SF 28.6

4. D. Reed, BAL 28.6

5. A. Brown, PIT 27.8

All Kick Return Stats »

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True but how many bad Special Teams have we faced in the last 8 years?

who knows.. Danny Crossman was our ST coordinator for pretty much ALL of Fox's tenure..

[Shmooze]

You guys really need to put him in the slot. He burned a lot of guys in college doing that. You wanna say he did it aginst poor teams and bad defenses that`s ok but he did it non the less. Every game against all opponents. I don`t feel sorry for the defenses that couldn`t catch him. He didn`t get noticed because he was from Hawaii that`s all. He`s a gamer for sure. Put him in the slot and you`ll see 2 Steve Smiths on the field at one time. He`s also very good at shifting and breaking ankles on defenders. Rivera`s a dope! If Pilares can tear up yards for short distances on kick returns, what do you think he could do in the slot tearing up 15 - 20 yards at a time