04-11-2024, 05:54 PM
(04-11-2024, 04:40 PM)FormerlyBengalRugby Wrote: I was thinking, with the new kick off rules, does that give Robbins a new lease on life with the team?
With touch potentially being more valuable kicking off, I think he has a shot at taking over the kick off duties.
What will Simmons strategy be?
Well, hang time means zero given the new rules. The defense cannot move until the ball hits a player or the ground.
Placement is critical, since you need the ball to go into the landing zone (between end zone and 20-yard line). If it is short, the ball is placed at the 40-yard line. If long (into the end zone), then to the 30-yard line.
It would seem that the ideal would be a line drive kick that hits in the landing zone, ideally inside the 10, but is moving into the end zone. Either a player returns it or it goes into the end zone. If it goes into the end zone and a player doesn't return it, it goes to the 20-yard line.
Since hangtime means zero, and a line drive kick is probably best, it would seem to me that McMoney is still the key, not Robbins. That's my best guess.
