Interesting stat of the week....

[Inspecta]

Originally Posted by next2nothing

Same. If Costanzo is on the team right now, Jacoby Ford doesn't return that kickoff for a TD.

I am in complete agreement there.

When you have a special teams player that plays with no regard to his body whatsoever, well that's a special individual for your team...

[TheBestPlayersPlay]

Nice thread. I didn't even realize this was the case ...after watching that tragic game against Seattle I was thinking "WTF was Shurmur doing for the past 2 weeks", now I know ...not a whole lot thanks to this new ridiculous rule.

Our special teams are just really depressing. The last regime really loaded up the back of the team with great ST players ...and maybe cut other guys they could develop in lieu of that. I can see both sides, but I'm a big special teams guy, and I really miss ours being solid if not spectacular, especially when you have a weapon like Cribbs. Hope they figure it out soon.

[Jax Dawg]

Originally Posted by golfer704u

Now Costanzo and Cribbs get a chance to collide!

Now that's worth the price of admission right there!

[Masters]

If Castanzo was still with the Browns there is no way of knowing if Ford still takes that KO to the house. Chances are he still does.

[Inspecta]

Originally Posted by Masters

If Castanzo was still with the Browns there is no way of knowing if Ford still takes that KO to the house. Chances are he still does.

No, there's no way of knowing for sure. But there are percentage increases, and i would have to look at those plays again to see how big of an impact he "could" of had...

[Masters]

Originally Posted by Inspecta

No, there's no way of knowing for sure. But there are percentage increases, and i would have to look at those plays again to see how big of an impact he "could" of had...

But then you also need to know which side of the KO coverage team Blake would have been playing vs. which way it went. Along with what KO coverage they were in, where the kick was to go, and tons of other factors. One guy being on KO coverage unit isn't likely to have changed the outcome of that play. The pertage chance of it changing are a fraction of a percent.

If we were talking PR coverage and Cribbs playing gunner I might buy into the notion. But PR coverage is a different animal