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Originally Posted by transplant99
I cant dispute that it seems like there have been a lot of great KO returns thus far, but this statement makes no sense to me...unless the kickers arent kicking off as high or as deep, which makes zero sense, i cant understand what else would have the ball getting to the returner any quicker than before.
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its quite simple really, the kicks that will be returned now are by definition shorter. Or in other works, the average hang time on any kick returned this year will be less than past years. Last year, both short and medium kicks would get returned. Now, the medium ones are not returned.
It makes sense to me that of the kicks chosen to be run back, more will get returned for a TD. But it won't tell you why you have a higher absolute number. I think the reason for that is because nobody has practice in kick coverage because all preseason the coverage would run down the field just to watch the returner kneel it down.