Truly Special Teams

[Little Whiskey]

for all the crap they took this year. its time they get their own attaboy thread.

for all the talk this week about how the bears were going to have the advantage in field position due bears superior special teams. the packers were clearly better in all aspects of special teams yesterday.

masthey 5 punts inside the 20 with a long of 65

Hester with only 13 punt return yards on 3 returns.

Coverage was great. if i remember right there were 2 or 3 downed inside the 10. (the last touchback was a bs call, what do you have to do to reestablish your feet?)

Maynard sucked ass. it looked like he shanked every other punt.

KUDOS Special teams!!

[mraynrand]

Kuddos!

[pbmax]

Yes. That 65 yard punt was a monster and nicely along the sideline.

How much effect did having Korey Hall have since he was finally active for this game? He was right there on the big punt and forced Hester into someone else's arms if memory serves.

[mmmdk]

I want all the "FIRE SLOCUM" Rats to repent!

[pbmax]

I want all the "FIRE SLOCUM" Rats to repent!

I am not willing to bet Slocum comes back, but I would bet Korey Hall does.

[mmmdk]

I am not willing to bet Slocum comes back, but I would bet Korey Hall does.

Is his contract up? If so, maybe but if some team wants to promote Slocum, I'd be ok with that.

NB - It was my subtle "in your face message" to those rubbing my face! Being smarter will never be out of fashion and I swallow camels like frecking Albert Einstein.

[Gunakor]

I want all the "FIRE SLOCUM" Rats to repent!

No. There's still one more game to be played. He can still fuck up the entire season. Let's not put the cart before the horse...

[Patler]

Since MM called out Masthay in a press conference around mid-season, Masthay has been extremely good. I hope he is the answer for years to come.

[pbmax]

Is his contract up? If so, maybe but if some team wants to promote Slocum, I'd be ok with that.

NB - It was my subtle "in your face message" to those rubbing my face! Being smarter will never be out of fashion and I swallow camels like frecking Albert Einstein.

Yes, I got the subtext. But I just used to post to jump in again that we may have seen one reason why Korey Hall is considered a special teams ace and kept around despite being the 3rd FB sometimes.

[Cheesehead Craig]

Once the injuries settled down, the special teams got better. Perhaps this wasn't all Slocum's fault after all?

[mmmdk]

Yes, I got the subtext. But I just used to post to jump in again that we may have seen one reason why Korey Hall is considered a special teams ace and kept around despite being the 3rd FB sometimes.

I rarely disagree with you - it's really a comfort around here!

[pittstang5]

Once the injuries settled down, the special teams got better. Perhaps this wasn't all Slocum's fault after all?

Maybe the injuries were a part of it, but I thought I remember reading something about how the units were constantly changing (meaning they kept changing the players around). I guess towards the middle of the season they finally had some continuity. Although I haven't been overly impressed, I think they've been adequate. I just wish they could find a KR that gets them past the 20.

[Smidgeon]

masthey 5 punts inside the 20 with a long of 65

Peter King pointed out today that all of Masthay's punts hit inside the 20. One was the touchback because Bush couldn't re-establish in the field of play, and the others were all returned past the 20. Pretty impressive day.

Tim "Hester-Killer" Masthay

[pbmax]

Maybe the injuries were a part of it, but I thought I remember reading something about how the units were constantly changing (meaning they kept changing the players around). I guess towards the middle of the season they finally had some continuity. Although I haven't been overly impressed, I think they've been adequate. I just wish they could find a KR that gets them past the 20.

I would pay for adequate. Seriously, if adequate is achieved through some consistent lineups, health and injury luck, then that would be enough.

[Freak Out]

Unbelievable job by the punt/special teams overall. When you can take away a game changer like Hester you've done a great job.

We actually had two punters playing yesterday.

I wonder how many "former" TT players were on the field yesterday?