Washington Snowflakes: Special Teams
September 11th, 2021 at 11:48 PM ^
Moody is the truth. And Robbins’ punts are hiiiiigh and looooong
September 11th, 2021 at 11:50 PM ^
I didn't know Moody had that kind of leg. He might've got that in from 60
Corum is going to house 1 or 2 kicks this year
Kolesar scares me returning punts. He misjudged the first punt badly and muffed another IIRC. We don't have anyone better?
September 11th, 2021 at 11:57 PM ^
Agree about Kolesar. Let several hit the ground last week too.
Overall, an A for special teams.
Moody=Money.
Fake punt was awesome.
September 12th, 2021 at 6:16 AM ^
Michael Barrett might end up in the NFL as a special teams weapon. That’s the third fake punt I’ve seen him convert in his career (two on runs, and one on that pass to Dax Hill two years ago). Glad he could contribute even after being demoted on defense. Still wish we had a wildcat package for him; he was a great runner and super accurate QB in HS.
September 12th, 2021 at 9:05 AM ^
I’m surprised one of the backup DBs with speed couldn’t do a better job than Kolesar.
Plenty of guys at WR, too. I hope this was just an adjustment week where they didn’t have time to get WR like Henning or Sainristil back there because they needed to get them more reps at WR.
September 11th, 2021 at 11:58 PM ^
Corum is going to score on a return.
They should probably figure out a better punt returning situation because there were some bad things in that department.
September 11th, 2021 at 11:59 PM ^
Robbins had a hell of a game punting (besides the one shank).
September 12th, 2021 at 12:07 AM ^
Very nice FG. Nice punts. Nice KR.
Any way we can get Corum to return punts?
September 12th, 2021 at 2:53 PM ^
Rather see edwards do it if he can handle it.
September 12th, 2021 at 12:12 AM ^
Very well done tonight. Moody great fg from 52 with plenty to spare. Some good punts. Good kickoffs and coverage. Kolesar lost one punt in the lights and had a nice return.
September 12th, 2021 at 12:13 AM ^
Fake punt good
September 12th, 2021 at 12:40 AM ^
Strategy 1: put your best player to return points Strategy 2: put your worst?
I'm not mad. But the punt returning was way too much of an adventure
September 12th, 2021 at 12:53 AM ^
ST were really strong tonight. Great kick by Moody that seized momentum. Terrific fake punt. Excellent punting and coverage. Kolesar is our backup punt returner, give him a chance.
Well done, ST!
September 12th, 2021 at 2:54 AM ^
We have great kickers, a good Kick returner and the shakiest looking punt return man in the Big Ten maybe. Our punt team is gonna block a couple more before its over.
September 12th, 2021 at 3:00 AM ^
Kickin'!!
September 12th, 2021 at 7:50 AM ^
The special teams were great again, other than Kolesar who looks like he doesn't belong out there. If they don't find someone better, it's going to really come back to bite us.
September 12th, 2021 at 8:21 AM ^
On the first punt Kolesar erred and signaled fair catch when ball wass still travelling upward (way too early) and shouldn't have done so in first place, had plenty of space.
September 12th, 2021 at 12:44 PM ^
As someone suggested earlier, he probably lost it in the lights. That could happen to anyone.
September 12th, 2021 at 4:02 PM ^
A very poor excuse and only the beginning of the issues here. If I remember correctly, Eamonn Dennis returned punts in HS-and is an electric talent with speed. It is this type of player who should be back there-not simply a warm body whose father played with JH at Michigan.
September 12th, 2021 at 11:36 PM ^
I can't believe you are one of those who hate Harbaugh so much that you can abandon reason when thinking about him. There is no way he would endanger winning by playing a less capable player in a key position just because his father played on the same team. That is an especially unlikely possibility when his whole career is resting on the team's success this season.
September 12th, 2021 at 9:53 AM ^
Another bright spot with Moody and Robbins. Return kicks with Corum are excellent. He's doing as well or better than Giles Jackson from last few years.
No roughing the kicker penalties last night.
Special teams gets an A.
September 12th, 2021 at 11:22 AM ^
I don't mind having Kolesar as the punt returner, and he can even fair catch everything, as long he actually catches the ball before it hits the turf.
Moody is a beast. He's definitely filled out since his Northville days.
I love me some Robbins hang time.
And the coverage units had a second straight excellent game.
September 12th, 2021 at 4:09 PM ^
That’s my issue with Kolesar. So far he’s shown nothing to suggest that he can even do that. How many yards have we lost the past 2 weeks because he hasn’t caught the ball?
Michigan has to have better options at this. They just have to.
September 12th, 2021 at 4:28 PM ^
Kolesar is a liability that is going to be problematic later when the weather gets worse. We really need to bring in someone else with sure hands. Henning, Sainristal, Dennis, other should be evaluated before we fumble a punt into a loss
September 12th, 2021 at 11:49 PM ^
A major argument here on MGoBlog last week was the decision to have Ronnie Bell as our punt returner. There was a contingent arguing that you shouldn't risk injury to your best player by having him return punts. The opposite argument was that you want your most dynamic player to return punts like Woodson, Howard, DPJ, Peppers.
I favor having your most dynamic player return punts and it would seem the M coaching staff did too by giving that job to Bell. So how is the next man up Kolesar? If you listed your most dynamic playmakers from 1 - 20 and Bell was #1 what is Kolesar? 20?
I don't get the logic.