who is going to return punts now?

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Roddy had been doing good until the UNC game. After he muffed the last one Andrew Smith was returning punts. I wonder how Marcus would do returning punts?
 
I won't feel good about our punt returning situation until we don't send anyone back..
 
Roddy screwed up, but he's young and I still think he's a solid punt returner. I believe he should stay back there unless this becomes a consistent pattern a la' Marveous Hester.
 
I feel really bad for Roddy. He was looking good back there. I have no idea what happened to him at Chapel Hill. Can't believe he fumbled the ball twice...

Well, I guess everyone has those days...
 
I think the bright sun may have played a factor w/ Roddy's fumbles. Both occured in the same light (at least that what I think I noticed....not 2 sure).

-wes
 
Roddy's technique is what makes him dangerous as a punt returner. Dangerous to us I mean.
 
I got a call from Paul Johnson this morning and I'll be returning punts against Miami.
 
Good grief guys.

In his third game returning punts he has an off day and everyone wants to crucify him.

I clearly remember Kelly Rhino...a "money in the bank" punt returner at securing the ball and getting one first down...dropping three or four against LSU in the Peach Bowl.

This was his senior year after 30+ games returning punts and never having trouble.

The coaches will figure out what the issue was and decide what to do....I am not worried about it.
 
The Jacket said:
I got a call from Paul Johnson this morning and I'll be returning punts against Miami.
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Remember when Chan upset Miami when they were ranked in the top 5? We muffed like 3 punts in a row, with 2 different punt returners. Chan got so sick of his players screwing up that he refused to put anyone back to return the ball, and just went for blocks the rest of the game.


There was definitely some questionable stuff that Chan did, but I always loved that one.
 
gt23eric said:
Roddy had been doing good until the UNC game. After he muffed the last one Andrew Smith was returning punts. I wonder how Marcus would do returning punts?
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Well, look at it this way--we might not force another punt this year.
 
My question is: Do we really need a punt returner?

Seriously. I say don't put anyone back there anymore. What's the worst that could happen? We probably lose 10 more yards of field position every time and sometimes have to come out of our own end zone. But I'd bet we'd block a punt or two. I guess the question is how many yards in field position is worth compared to a turnover? I think a lot.

Additionally, we could rest our backs a bit more as we're pretty thin right now.
 
BHP12345 said:
My question is: Do we really need a punt returner?

Seriously. I say don't put anyone back there anymore. What's the worst that could happen? We probably lose 10 more yards of field position every time and sometimes have to come out of our own end zone. But I'd bet we'd block a punt or two. I guess the question is how many yards in field position is worth compared to a turnover? I think a lot.

Additionally, we could rest our backs a bit more as we're pretty thin right now.
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If the other team sees we have no return man, they will line drive punt it. We'll lose a lot more than 10 yards. The only reason to hang the ball in the air is to let the coverage get down the field.

What we need is for the Rhino family to have more kids!
 
hiveredtech said:
Good grief guys.

In his third game returning punts he has an off day and everyone wants to crucify him.

I clearly remember Kelly Rhino...a "money in the bank" punt returner at securing the ball and getting one first down...dropping three or four against LSU in the Peach Bowl.

This was his senior year after 30+ games returning punts and never having trouble.

The coaches will figure out what the issue was and decide what to do....I am not worried about it.
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Not questioning the account of this particular game, but it definitely wasn't Rhino's senior year. He was around for 2 more years after that.
 
WracerX said:
If the other team sees we have no return man, they will line drive punt it. We'll lose a lot more than 10 yards. The only reason to hang the ball in the air is to let the coverage get down the field.

What we need is for the Rhino family to have more kids!
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We could always put a man back and just have him run up after the punt is made.
 
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