Will someone tell Thigpen not to punt catch?

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  • Albany,n.y.
    Registered User
    • Jul 2002
    • 5599

    Will someone tell Thigpen not to punt catch?

    Our punt catcher needs to be told to let the ball go inside the 10 yard line unless he plans to run with it.

    Yesterday he had 3 fair catches inside the 10 (fumbled & luckily recovered 1).

    That deep into your own territory, you let it go & hope it bounces into the endzone. He was killing our field position throughout the game.
  • trapezeus
    Legendary Zoner
    • Oct 2004
    • 19525

    #2
    Re: Will someone tell Thigpen not to punt catch?

    agreed. he also faircatches when the covergae isn't within 10 yards of him.

    if he's going to do that, why not run to one side of the field and pretend to fair catch to hope the coverage team is following you and not the ball?

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    • MillsapsBillsFan
      Registered User
      • Mar 2015
      • 625

      #3
      Re: Will someone tell Thigpen not to punt catch?

      Not sure what happened to our return game in general. Might be time to look for a new special teams coach, Kick coverage and Kick Returns were both much better last year.

      Yesterday we were lucky to start at the 20

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      • Mike
        Registered User
        • Jan 2009
        • 3805

        #4
        Re: Will someone tell Thigpen not to punt catch?

        I think this is an example of poor coaching.

        A) he should already know this
        b) someone should have reminded him before he did it 3 more times
        Please Make Sense

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        • Bills Juggernaut
          Registered User
          • Aug 2006
          • 343

          #5
          Re: Will someone tell Thigpen not to punt catch?

          All of special teams gets a fat F-. Missed field goal, fair catches at the five. Lets not forget the kick off that was bobbled and dropped by the Giants after we scored to get within six. Where the hell was the kick coverage? How did he still manage to get to the 28 without getting touched? Horrible. If the coverage did what they were supposed to do, we would have had them pinned inside the 5. Instead they get breathing room at the 28 and march right down and score TD.
          The One and Only

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          • Famous Amos
            Registered User
            • Jul 2013
            • 583

            #6
            Re: Will someone tell Thigpen not to punt catch?

            Thigpen was not getting any blocking. The Giants special teams were getting to him nearly instantly from where I was watching. He doesn't seem like he sees any holes when he runs because as soon as he turns up field to run, he gets tackled.
            "Hate is a lack of imagination."
            -Graham Greene

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            • Homegrown
              Havin' a ball ... rollin' to the bottom
              • Jul 2008
              • 2774

              #7
              Re: Will someone tell Thigpen not to punt catch?

              Thigpen's a scrub ... 29 year-old journeyman

              They should've kept Jackson, let him return punts & ko's (as he did in 2009) ...he would've been faircatching balls at the 7 yardline ... and he could've played some RB ... bunch of dumbasses.

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              • Victor7
                Registered User
                • Jul 2013
                • 1270

                #8
                Re: Will someone tell Thigpen not to punt catch?

                Yup.

                Plus the penalty fiasco that's raided the ST's too and DC suddenly looking like ****.

                Danny Crossman .... You are the weakest link. **** off

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                • PuntKicker
                  Registered User
                  • Sep 2015
                  • 33

                  #9
                  Re: Will someone tell Thigpen not to punt catch?

                  I think I'd be the proper person to tell him not to punt catch. I feel like this thread was made for me.

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