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Let's give special teams some love.

PhillyB

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A volcano of sh*tty posters has risen from dormancy and exploded, launching the reeking lava of tripe and hogwash all over Pantherland's interwebz. But there is a bright spot.

Special teams was glorious today. I almost had a seizure when Pilares ran that back for a touchdown. The holes were wide open. First KO return for a TD since 2003, when Rod Smart did it, and today's return set a franchise record in that statistic at 101 yards.

I gaped at the tv as it happened, expecting a flag the entire time, but they pulled it off. Unreal.

On kickoff coverage they were solid. Josh Vaughn made the most of his promotion to a starter on the unit and played at a very high level, including a huge tackle on the first play of the game.

Defense was beyond abysmal, Cam Newton had accuracy issues - but special teams had moved on from the short bus. Congrats to Brian Murphy for getting his unit fired up and motivated to play actual football. Hopefully this will be a bright spot moving forward.

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Still don't trust either kicker... But, I noticed both Vaughn and Wilson in coverage today and they were great additions.

Pilares came through for me as I basically founded his fanclub here during the draft, but those next few returns we could've done without lol.

And I was really surprised with Armanti.

Sadly, it was all for naught.

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Still don't trust either kicker... But, I noticed both Vaughn and Wilson in coverage today and they were great additions.

Pilares came through for me as I basically founded his fanclub here during the draft, but those next few returns we could've done without lol.

And I was really surprised with Armanti.

Sadly, it was all for naught.

Vaughn did have a good day on ST, nice observation

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That Pilares kid looks like an NFL Player. And Armanti actually had some space! Coverage wasn't terrible either.

Yea I still am not sure about our kickers but hopefully we have some momentum we can build on.

Going to love how the team looks after we get a full offseason of minicamps.

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