RiverDog
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DavidSeven":70mwloe5 said:RiverDog":70mwloe5 said:ST's need work. Richardson got nailed twice inside the 20 on KO returns. Kearse let punts drop twice and we lost about 25 yards in field position, then he doesn't call for the fair catch and gets clobbered. I want to see Walters back there again.
It was Doug on punts, and Carroll said he instructed him to let some punts drop due to funky wind conditions.
I stand corrected about Baldwin vs. Kearse. I frequently get those two mixed up.
I've never seen Tate let the ball drop like that, and we've played in conditions worse than what we had yesterday, such as the New Orleans playoff game last season. I could give him a pass if it was just the two dropped punts and if he was doing it on coaches orders, but there was another punt where he didn't call for a fair catch and got clobbered. He could have easily fumbled.
Overall, not a good performance by special teams, although Hauschka is still money. Wise decision to resign him.