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What changed with our Special Teams from last year?

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Our ST have not been good this year.

- Sanders is 75% on FGs vs 92% last year.
- Palardy cannot flip the field.
- Grant / Waddle / Holland have all turned over punt returns.
- We have not had any long returns on KO or punt.

Could the new holder be affecting Sanders? Why is our kick return game so “meh”?

And finally, why can’t our punter ever flip the field?
 
royalshank said:
Our ST have not been good this year.

- Sanders is 75% on FGs vs 92% last year.
- Palardy cannot flip the field.
- Grant / Waddle / Holland have all turned over punt returns.
- We have not had any long returns on KO or punt.

Could the new holder be affecting Sanders? Why is our kick return game so “meh”?

And finally, why can’t our punter ever flip the field?
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Palardy had 53 and 57 yard punts today, flipping the field both times, the first coming after a penalty pushed Miami back even further in our own end. Palardy averaged 48 yards a punt today. Not sure what game you were watching. The coverage sucked downfield all day, to be honest, which is rare, as the punt coverage hasn't been bad this year. Palardy and Haack both averaging almost 45 yard per punt this season, with Palardy ahead by almost 2 yards in net, and Palardy has 17 punts inside the 20, while Haack has only 7. And Haack also had one blocked. As far as Sanders, not a great year for him. Dude will rebound. Have faith.
 
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Although I wasn’t a big fan of Grant because of his hands, Miami is last in KO return average with a measly 16.9 with a long of 31 and 26th in PR at 6.7 with a long of 18.
 
CoachConrad said:
Palardy had 53 and 57 yard punts today, flipping the field both times, the first coming after a penalty pushed Miami back even further in our own end. Palardy averaged 48 yards a punt today. Not sure what game you were watching. The coverage sucked downfield all day, to be honest, which is rare, as the punt coverage hasn't been bad this year. Palardy and Haack both averaging almost 45 yard per punt this season, with Palardy ahead by almost 2 yards in net, and Palardy has 17 punts inside the 20, while Haack has only 7. And Haack also had one blocked. As far as Sanders, not a great year for him. Dude will rebound. Have faith.
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He punted well today stat-wise but a couple of those kicks were line drives hence the poor coverage. But I mean in general. He’s had a lot of line drives. Sanders is hard to explain though - something just doesn’t look right.
 
royalshank said:
He punted well today stat-wise but a couple of those kicks were line drives hence the poor coverage. But I mean in general. He’s had a lot of line drives. Sanders is hard to explain though - something just doesn’t look right.
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Actually almost all of Palardys punts had over 4 second hang time today. The coverage did a putrid job of getting off blocks and getting downfield. Line drives were not the reason for the returns today. Go back and watch the tape.
 
CoachConrad said:
Actually almost all of Palardys punts had over 4 second hang time today. The coverage did a putrid job of getting off blocks and getting downfield. Line drives were not the reason for the returns today. Go back and watch the tape.
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I can’t find any stats on hang time - but some of those looked like liners to me. They used to say “all 4’s” is an ideal punt - 44 yards and 4.4 seconds of hang time. He’s had trouble even kicking it 40 yards this year. I suspect he’s giving up some hang time for distance but without the stats I can’t be sure. They used to show you the hang time on screen during the play - I don’t know what happened to that / why it went away.
 
royalshank said:
I can’t find any stats on hang time - but some of those looked like liners to me. They used to say “all 4’s” is an ideal punt - 44 yards and 4.4 seconds of hang time. He’s had trouble even kicking it 40 yards this year. I suspect he’s giving up some hang time for distance but without the stats I can’t be sure. They used to show you the hang time on screen during the play - I don’t know what happened to that / why it went away.
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Can't do much if you don't watch the tape. Dolphins were deep in their own end of the field when Palardy punted twice. He had a 53 and 57 yarder both returned. Both punts flipped the field greatly, and both were in the upper 4's, close to 5, in hangtime. Both times the gunners and interior sucked going down field, leading to the yardage. Palardy was not responsible for either, as his punts were close to perfect on both returns. Again, watching tape before you make comments on yesterday's game might be smarter than just throwing untruths out there.
 
CoachConrad said:
Can't do much if you don't watch the tape. Dolphins were deep in their own end of the field when Palardy punted twice. He had a 53 and 57 yarder both returned. Both punts flipped the field greatly, and both were in the upper 4's, close to 5, in hangtime. Both times the gunners and interior sucked going down field, leading to the yardage. Palardy was not responsible for either, as his punts were close to perfect on both returns. Again, watching tape before you make comments on yesterday's game might be smarter than just throwing untruths out there.
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I did watch the game. I always do. I didn’t see any hang time stats is all. I’m not saying you’re wrong either. But he’s not been a bright spot for us this season.
 
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