10-11-2015, 06:22 PM
(10-11-2015, 05:37 PM)BengalChris Wrote: Yes, it does bump up his average. They count the return yardage from where he fields the kick. Eight yards in the end zone returned to the 15 counts as a 23 yard return.
Look at 3 of his KO returns today where he didn't make it to the 15. Today's game proved what I was saying to the letter.
Returners are coached to do it, not just on the Bengals either. When the placement of the kickoff changed, the rules changed to how quickly the ball gets to you at the back of the endzone, not if it gets to the back of the endzone.
And people always forget about the rest of his ST plays. Keeping the ball out of the endzone for Dennard to down it on the one yard line today, for example.