Sentences with phrase «special teams returning»

Donovan Peoples - Jones, who showed his potential on special teams returning a punt for a TD against Air Force, has a very...

Donovan Peoples - Jones, who showed his potential on special teams returning a punt for a TD against Air Force, has a very bright future ahead, according to special teams coach Chris Partridge:

While there is plenty of depth at the position in front of him, the New Jersey native could be too good to keep off the field (whether in the backfield or on special teams returning kicks)

Not exact matches

The Fort Lauderdale Air Show returned to the skies above Fort Lauderdale May 6 - 7, with appearances by the U.S. Air Force F - 16 Viper, a Navy F / A -18 Super Hornet, the U.S. Special Operations Command Parachute Team, a British Aerospace Sea Harrier and a single - engine V / STOL fighter designed for the British Royal Navy.

Being part of that team and celebrating with old friends as they returned to the hotel was a special time for Tracy and a memory she'll always treasure.

If you're going to lose your placekicker, your kickoffs guy and both return men, you might as well lose them from a pretty poor special teams unit.

Given WSUs history on special teams; any rule change that reduces the likelihood of a kick return is a step in the right direction for the Cougs.

«I am returning to the team as a member of the squad and I don't expect any special treatment.

The league's special teams player of the year returned two kicks for TDs in» 10.

Stanford ranked third in Special Teams S&P +, thanks to A-grade efforts from Jake Bailey in kickoffs and punting, Conrad Ukropina in place - kicking, and Christian McCaffrey in kick returns.

Ambrose and Reigns» special «mystery partner» turned out to be the once - again - returning Chris Jericho, but he couldn't help his team overcome the Wyatts.

As Revenge of the Birds contributor Skii writes, there are things to improve on, such as developing a better rhythm on offense and better special teams coverage after the Seahawks got some momentum with their returns in the second half.

According to special teams coordinator Chris Partridge, these Wolverines are getting work on returns.

The special teams unit returns everyone in 2017, and that might be a good thing.

It makes no sense to keep Sproles around for the simple sake of special teams when you could get a later round return specialist or pick up a cheap on in FA.

The good special teams vibes continued, with Kenyan Drake breaking a 95 - yard kickoff return shortly after.

Apparently the Northwestern special teams are now going for the return.

Clay Helton announces the return of USC's special teams coach: https://t.co/bOcv6adfLi pic.twitter.com/6z 7wLfiHlh

Head coach Clay Helton announced the return of John Baxter as special teams coach after two years away from the program, including last season at Michigan, leading the Wolverines to 12th nationally in ESPN's special teams efficiency ranking.

He came into the season as a two - time Mountain West Special Teams Player of the Year, with five kick returns for touchdowns.

The return was the first of two special teams blunders that ultimately cost the Panthers.

PITTSBURGH»S SPECIAL TEAMS A year after Notre Dame ran back three Panthers punts for touchdowns, the Irish's Allen Rossum and Jarious Jackson scored on kickoff returns in a 45 - 21 win.

The learning curve for return specialists is a steep one in the NFL, and while there's no doubting his ability to add immediate value on special teams, Pettis» draft stock may suffer thanks to players who had nothing do to with his college career.

He still made a mark on special teams, scoring six return TDs in his first five years, but he struggled as a featured wide receiver as teams overextended his range of talents and forced him into situations that rarely allowed him to shine.

Before Southern coaches and players rushed the field celebrating an end - of - game goal line stand, the two teams would combine for almost 1,000 yards, three 100 - yard receivers, a 100 - yard rusher, 16 plays of 20 - plus yards, and nearly every possible special teams event: blocked kicks, return touchdowns, a muffed kick return, a long punt return, a punt snap hitting an upback in the face, a surprise onsides kick, and one of the worst fake field goal attempts you'll ever see.

Punt returns are a mystery — Kamara is gone, but Marquez Callaway took one of his two punt returns against Tennessee Tech to the house — but this should easily be one of the best special teams units in the SEC and among the best in the country.

Unless he can kick or cover, though, his return doesn't fix all of his team's special teams woes.

And the better aspects of special teams (punting, punt returns) were driven by seniors.

EMU didn't get much out of its return game but still ranked a decent 65th in Special Teams S&P + because of two legs: Austin Barnes» and Paul Fricano's.

That everybody but Endicott returns is good (and Gaglianone returns to solve that issue), but until punting improves, it will be hard for UW to top last year's No. 44 Special Teams S&P + ranking.

We've got returning Ray Guy semifinalists, like, 15 Australians, somehow, closed special teams practices, and more!

Likely is also a star in the return game, but even with him, Maryland's special teams unit graded out dismally in 2015, thanks mostly to shaky legs and shaky coverage.

and Bademosi was our 4th best... and he had his man dead to rights but didn't tackle him... the special teams ace misses a tackle that was essentially just like a punt return!!

Nothing like one underachiever blowing smoke up the ass of another... we know that Ozil has some incredible technical gifts, but to be considered the best you have to bring more than just assists to the table... for me, a top player has to possess a more well - rounded game, which doesn't mean they need to be a beast on both ends of the pitch, but they must have the ability to take their game to another level when it matters most... although he amassed some record - like stats early on, it set the bar too high, so when people expected him to duplicate those numbers each year the pressure seemed to get the best of our soft - spoken star... obviously that's not an excuse for what has happened in the meantime, but it's important to make note of a few things: (1) his best year was a transition year for many of the traditionally dominant teams in the EPL, so that clearly made the numbers appear better than they actually were and (2) Wenger's system, or lack thereof, didn't do him any favours; by playing him out of position and by not acquiring world - class striker and / or right - side forward that would best fit an Ozil - centered offensive scheme certainly hurt his chances to repeat his earlier peformances, (3) the loss of Cazorla, who took a lot of pressure off Ozil in the midfield and was highly efficient when it came to getting him the ball in space, negatively impacted his effectiveness and (4) he likewise missed a good chunk of games and frankly never looked himself when he eventually returned to the field... overall the Ozil experiment has had mixed reviews and rightfully so, but I do have some empathy for the man because he has always carried himself the same way, whether for Real or the German National team, yet he has only suffered any lengthy down periods with Arsenal... to me that goes directly to this club's inability to surround him with the necessary players to succeed, especially for someone who is a pass first type of player; as such, this simply highlights our club's ineffective and antiquated transfer policies... frankly I'm disappointed in both Ozil and our management team for not stepping up when it counted because they had a chance to do something special, but they didn't have it in them... there is no one that better exemplifies our recent history than Ozil, brief moments of greatness undercut by long periods of disappointing play, only made worse by his mopey posturing like a younger slightly less awkward Wenger... what a terribly waste

The No. 2 ranked recruit in the state, Thomas, a Detroit King product, will likely contribute on special teams (punt / kick return) and on defense (cornerback) in his first year in Ann Arbor.

The Bills» special teams coach last season, DeHaven had watched his kickoff coverage unit allow the Titans to pull off a wacky return for the winning touchdown in the game's final seconds.

I love coaching,» says DeHaven, whose San Francisco special teams had a less - than - stellar start, allowing kickoff returns of 57 and 48 yards in a 36 - 28 loss to the Falcons.

Plus, he's an outstanding return man on special teams, a true weapon.

ASU ran the ball well enough to make this a game, and the Sun Devils actually cut a 27 - 6 Tech lead to 27 - 20 early in the second half, but the Tech defense (three points on ASU's final six possessions) and special teams (kick return touchdown) took it from there.

The special teams continued to sputter — Tommy Barnhardt's first punt was partially blocked, and Bates had another long return, this one inside the Washington 10, called back because of a dubious illegal - block penalty.

The Chiefs expect to do great things this year and don't want to risk many of the WRs on the team getting hurt on returns / special teams.

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

Tim White's punt returns were the next reason for ASU's strong special teams ratings; he's also gone.

Idk about the answer for special teams, could b time for Armstrong to walk or maybe Quinn and TD will nab a solid return man with a pick this year..

Daniyel, a sophomore running back, defensive back, and special teams standout, increased his workload and contributions throughout the season to finish with 863 yards rushing on just 95 carries and added a pair of 90 - plus - yard kickoff return scores.

I'm noticing on special teams that Freedom is kicking swift kicks to avoid return specialist, Liberty's # 84 Thomas Vi, as he has been known to return kicks for touchdowns.

The bad news is that the other aspects of special teams — place - kicking, kickoffs, punt returns — were somewhere between bad and awful.

The Minutemen ranked a ghastly 125th in Special Teams S&P +; Logan Laurent and Mike Caggiano combined to make just six of 10 under - 40 field goals, only 14 percent of Caggiano's kickoffs reached the end zone, and while Laurent's punts were long enough (41.6 yard average), opponents were able to return enough of them to render the Minutemen just 95th in punt success rate.

And after poor special teams coverage, Saquon Barkley managed a 32 - yard return and a personal foul gave the Nittany Lions the ball on the Pitt 40 - yard line.

Who returns: The Wolverines return all of their major contributors on special teams.