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Ivan The Awesome

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This. It's not his fault our ST can't tackle poo

I've noticed Rivera does a lot of stupid crap to hide players deficiencies.

Having Nortman angle kick, because the kick coverage sucks.

Having Nakamura play left field, and taking him out on passing downs, because he sucks in coverage.

Having Cam throw a Hail Mary to end the half, because Medlock has a weak leg.

Running the read-option, to gain an extra blocker, because other wise our O-line can't run or pass block.

The bottom line is that, Rivera knows exactly who sucks on this team, but he chooses to do nothing about it.

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He had an OK day yesterday I think. Wasn't booming them but decent I think.

But I was wondering...his last punt I think he boomed like 20 yards into the stands. I'm guessing that was on purpose to avoid any runback. Which points to how bad our coverage teams stink.

TB started on the 20 and marched down the field to tie.

Any insight? Or did he just nuke one by accident?

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He had an OK day yesterday I think. Wasn't booming them but decent I think.

But I was wondering...his last punt I think he boomed like 20 yards into the stands. I'm guessing that was on purpose to avoid any runback. Which points to how bad our coverage teams stink.

TB started on the 20 and marched down the field to tie.

Any insight? Or did he just nuke one by accident?

FNZ mentioned that this morning. After the punt he was slapped on the helmet, etc by other guys like they were saying "good job" which led the radio guys to believe Nortman was told to boot it thru the end zone.

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