It Ain't the Defense

[Cajuns1]

Thanks for the correction, I still disagree with you on the F- grade. But I do believe we have issues we need to clean up.

Well it sure as hell ain't a C. C is average. Special teams outside of Kenny is below average.

[RaginDave]

Well it sure as hell ain't a C. C is average. Special teams outside of Kenny is below average.

OK, we are going off on a tangent, I said with Kenny it is a C. Take Kenny out and yes, it is below a C. I think we can agree on that.

I still stand behind, I think we have seen some good things, specifically just on paper, right.

25.4 yards per kickoff return is outstanding, we don't have a team we have played this year that has that kind of average. Granted much of this is because of a couple of really good returns by ZP, but it is still a very good average on kick returns.

43 yards per punt is solid, not great, but not nearly as bad as most people are making it out to be. Thomas Leo ranks in the top 50 of all punters in the country with at least 10 punts or more on the season. That is not terrible, could it be better, yes. But based on his average, I would give him a better than C average.

Jacob Bernard, I said this in early in the game vs Buffalo to my father, was watching the game right next to me. I said, our punt returner is really good, when he catches the ball, the problem is he fails to catch it cleanly, way too often, then he proceeded to muff another punt.

I don't think our kickoff coverage has been as bad, overall, as others are saying. Yes, we have had some breakdowns overall on kickoffs, but more times than not we have been pretty good. It needs to get cleaned up, for sure.

The kickoffs have been a problem, we are only averaging 58 yards per kickoff, meaning that the ball is being caught on average on the 7-yard line. We have kicked 3 of 28 out of bounds, but 2 of those were last Saturday night. Klotz has 1 and Leo has 2, I can not believe we don't have someone that can kick it at least to the goal line or deeper. The opponent we are facing this weekend has less kickoffs returned (17 of 19) for touchbacks then we have kickoffs out of bounds.

[CajunVic]

. . . Dave, it is a tough task trying to defend here . . . even when you are correct and have the facts . . . PREACH my brother . . .

[CajunEXPRESS]

. . . Dave, it is a tough task trying to defend here . . . even when you are correct and have the facts . . . PREACH my brother . . .

I know you never failed a test with a 30%, but it’s much worse than a straight A,B,C,D, or F to recover from. Unfortunately our muffs have costed us scores. That’s an F, and mediocrity in the rest doesn’t equal a C. Maybe a low D.

[CajunVic]

. . . express, you stuttering . . . sign of some insecurity in your position . . .

[CajunEXPRESS]

No just a poor job of editing. Much like our ST punt muffs.