Who is the Genius who put Clements on Special Teams?

I don’t know if Clements broke his scapula returning punts, but it certainly didn’t help. We need our own Johnny Knox/Percy Harvin/Darren Sproles/Cribbs/someone who can return punts and kickoffs.

I don’t want to get into draft talk, but we need more speed at WR,CB, RB and S. We need speed there so we don’t get beat on defense, so we can beat other defenses, and actually get good field position on punt returns

Even if its a day late to the party.

And had done it on occasion the past two seasons. It’s not ideal but in light of our other options, his returning punts was okay by me.

He won’t be returning punts for the next 6-8 weeks. I guarantee it.

And the same genius who figured Allen Rossum wasn’t versatile enough to be on the team.

I still don’t understand the Rossum cut. He was doing well!

Since that, we’ve seen some very sluggish returners, as well as boneheads (seriously B. Jones, catching it at the 5? Not fair catching when 5 defenders are around you?)

I hope they draft a good return man, but AFTER fixing the O-Line!! (Are 2 first rounders too much for the OLine? I want a Tackle, but would a 1st round guard be too high?)

The same genuises who coached an outstanding ST coverage unit on Sunday. Second straight week the coverage units were awesome. And Andy Lee should be given his Pro Bowl spot after his game in Indy.

Our biggest ST mistake was Jones catching the ball at the 5. Had Clements not been hurt, that doesn’t happen. Of course the coaches could’ve put Battle back there but I think we’d all have a fit had that happened. The one mistake by Jones and the unfortunate injury to Nate doesn’t negate the fact that our ST looked great and hopefully have returned to the level of play from last season.

Before the trade deadline we should have made a move to aquire a return man. Especially after dumping Rossum. Since that period we too huge hits on special teams. The Delanie Walker fumble against the Falcons, Arnaz Battle fumbled. Mickael Robinson looks solid at KR, but we need some speed on the PR. Special teams returner is a key element to field position as we all know. Why haven’t we addressed that need?

is by far our most reliable kickoff return man but putting him there creates one big problem. He is probably the best blocking upback in the NFL on special teams. His blocks were instrumental in springing Rossum last season. Now, though, he is returning the kickoffs and the upback was Coffee, who couldn’t block his grandmother if she was sitting in a wheelchair. He misses the block and Robinson gets nailed at least 10 yards before he should.

Come on Everest, put Norris or Morgan or someone who can block at the upback position. One thing Robinson has proven — how valuable a special teams player can be to a team. He needs to become schizo so that his other self can block for him when he’s returning kickoffs.