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Pride_and_Joy

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Tricky to tease out.


It is difficult to determine the cost. None of the NCAA site stats determine lost yardage from not fielding punts. When he does field them, he does well (ranked 11th in the country in yards per return). But to your point, that doesn't account for the ones he chooses NOT to return. Remember, he had serious issues last year with fielding the ball. I think what happens is he sets up deep so as to not let balls get over his head. However, when the kick is shorter, he may lack the confidence to sprint up and catch the ball on the run. If he is unsure, he simply doesn't field it. That's my guess. I don't know what the solution is. If the punt returner lacks the confidence to attack the ball, I'd probably rather we give up some field position rather than risk a muffed punt.

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Posted: 10/20/2021 at 4:01PM



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Lost in all this is Shibest and poor special teams play. -- VTstateofmind 10/20/2021 1:46PM
  Of all of our issues that is number 6004 on the list -- Nelsonia Hokie 10/20/2021 7:29PM
  See Pride_n_Joy below in this thread. ** -- VTstateofmind 10/20/2021 9:31PM
  Robinson does well WHEN HE FIELDS A PUNT. -- Pride_and_Joy 10/20/2021 9:50PM
  So Shibest is earning every dollar? ** -- VTstateofmind 10/20/2021 9:37PM
  Tricky to tease out. -- Pride_and_Joy 10/20/2021 4:01PM
  Kick Returns can break a game wide open -- Seikoh_04 10/20/2021 3:55PM
  Not necessarily these days. -- Chris Coleman  10/20/2021 4:17PM
  I don't think we've ever fair caught a kickoff. -- bluehokie 10/20/2021 2:08PM
  We have. ** -- IB4TECH 10/20/2021 5:40PM
  Fair catches on kickoffs are for surrender monkeys. ** -- Pride_and_Joy 10/20/2021 4:03PM

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