Nolan Carroll on Kick Returns?Punts

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jpep13jpep13subscriberOP
Oct 13, 2010, 11:58 PM

Let's go coaching staff. Leave 1 player on kickoffs. Let's see
what he has got. No Davone bess, or Cobbs.
Hopefully the blocking schemes are better.

padre31padre31luxury_box
Oct 14, 2010, 12:26 AM

Well, keep in mind Gostowski was consistently putting the ball 8 yds deep into the endzone, Nolan Carroll showed good judgment by not bringing the ball out.

One flaw in his game, he holds the ball incorrectly, it is tucked into his leading arm which is asking for a helmet to knock the ball loose.

djphinfandjphinfansubscriber
Oct 14, 2010, 01:07 AM

I like the way Bess is returning punts lately, somethin clicked there.

mrozmrozsubscriber
Oct 14, 2010, 01:13 AM

"djphinfan wrote:

I like the way Bess is returning punts lately, somethin clicked there.

slowly? :tongue2:

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djphinfandjphinfansubscriber
Oct 14, 2010, 01:28 AM

"mroz wrote:

slowly? :tongue2:

Ive seen an attacking style to his return game..becoming pretty automatic, and just getting better....

adamprez2003adamprez2003forum_veteran
Oct 14, 2010, 01:34 AM

i like carroll's speed. would love to see him returning kicks



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Oct 14, 2010, 08:07 AM

"FinsAreLife wrote:

I havint quite seen it to be honest. It looks like the same old safe bess back there. Thats not a bad a thing exactly because we'll protect the ball. We wont, however get great feild position consistently. Maybe you are right though? I'll be more tuned in watching it this week.

Bess has only returned 3 punts this year (mostly because Smith was returning them prior to being fired) but he's improved over last year for sure. He's currently ranked 7th in yards per return.


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GIGitrdoneNew Member
Oct 14, 2010, 08:25 AM

"adamprez2003 wrote:

i like carroll's speed. would love to see him returning kicks

He was in the NE game, they just kept kicking deep into the endzone and i think they kicked one out of the endzone also.

SICKSICKforum_veteran
Oct 14, 2010, 08:43 AM

bess doesnt make mistakes, which i like. someone said hes 7th in return yards? awesome.

keep in mind there are 32 teams in the nfl, tons of punts per game.....you see a handful of punts taken back to the house each year, its a rare occurence enless you are devin hester a few years ago.....bess does an ok job...he doesnt fumble, ill take that! Plus if he had some blocking, he could do a little better. Seems every kicker and punter we play are friggin amazing (punters getting 48 seconds of hang time and kickers kicking off through the upperdeck)

unluckylucianounluckylucianoNew Member
Oct 14, 2010, 10:29 AM

I noticed also bess has been looking better. And I think carroll has been returning kicks since the jets game no?

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SESeanPsubscriber
Oct 14, 2010, 11:18 AM

At this point, Bess far exceeds my expectations from this ST unit. The fact he's not turning over the ball alone puts him well ahead of his peers :shifty:

padre31padre31luxury_box
Oct 14, 2010, 11:35 AM

FWIW, it is Carroll and Bess on kick off returns in practice today.

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