The last 102 yard kickoff he had didn't turn out so well.

 

Last year Sturgis was fairly consistent in kicking the ball deep into the endzone or through the endzone on kickoffs.

Since suffering his hamstring injury in preseason, Sturgis hasn't seemed to have as much distance on kickoffs this season.

 

He's 5/11 on touchbacks this year so far, so middle of the pack

 

I don't think the kick was as big of an issue as the coverage was.

Sturgis has a strong enough leg.
The Bills carry a kickoff specialist b/c Carpenter's leg is light, but I don't want Miami to waste a roster spot on that.

 

Not a fan of Sturgis...those painful misses last year play a part in that opinion...I'm part of the pack that would have preferred to keep Carpenter.

 

He is 20th of 35 this year in average distance, and has the 5th highest pct returned.

It's incorrect to say he never kicks it out of the end zone, but he sure could be better at it.

 

That 1 return for a TD is going to skew his numbers until he gets a much bigger sample size.

 

Not those particular numbers though. Average distance of his kicks, not average distance they are returned, is what I was referring to.