Antonio Gibson named AFC Special Teams POTW

[BadMoFo]

Really thought Drake had a shot at Offensive Player of the Week, but congrats to Gibby. Clutch return.

Antonio Gibson Named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week After Electrifying Kickoff Return vs. Dolphins

Patriots returner and running back Antonio Gibson earned recognition for his special performance in Miami.

www.patriots.com

 

[signbabybrady]

Teams are going to have to start consider kicking it out of the end zone vs us.

 

[Patsfan1645]

Teams are going to have to start consider kicking it out of the end zone vs us.

As I mentioned in another post was watching the game with my son and I said if the dolphins think they are better off kicking to Gibson they are in for a rude awakening. Glad he got recognized and I still am a fan for him to get more touches on offense. Dude was the better back for us last year.

 

[TommyD4207]

Really thought Drake had a shot at Offensive Player of the Week, but congrats to Gibby. Clutch return.

Antonio Gibson Named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week After Electrifying Kickoff Return vs. Dolphins

Patriots returner and running back Antonio Gibson earned recognition for his special performance in Miami.

www.patriots.com

Baringer got hosed.

 

[VJCPatriot]

Really thought Drake had a shot at Offensive Player of the Week, but congrats to Gibby. Clutch return.

Antonio Gibson Named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week After Electrifying Kickoff Return vs. Dolphins

Patriots returner and running back Antonio Gibson earned recognition for his special performance in Miami.

www.patriots.com

That kickoff return for TD by Gibson was very special. Well deserved award for him.

 

[n1997y]

Hopefully now teams will kick away from Gibson, to Henderson…

 

[TommyD4207]

Hopefully now teams will kick away from Gibson, to Henderson…

More like, get used to starting every drive on the 35. And honestly, it's probably the best option.

 

[Ross12]

Baringer got hosed.

Guy was BLASTING those punts... too bad his gunners couldn't keep up... what a monster leg

 

[TommyD4207]

Hopefully now teams will kick away from Gibson, to Henderson…

The scariest thing is they're not even using their best kick returner on kick returns.

 

[Ross12]

The scariest thing is they're not even using their best kick returner on kick returns.

I dunno, I feel like a guy like Henderson is probably the perfect build for the current version of the kick return. The returner needs to be:

1. Strong enough to break the first tackle outright
2. Twitchy enough to make the second tackler miss
3. Fast enough to outrun everyone else after that

Whereas punt returns come down to just being really twitchy and making lots of guys miss, where guys like Edelman and Marcus Jones excel.

 

[TommyD4207]

I dunno, I feel like a guy like Henderson is probably the perfect build for the current version of the kick return. The returner needs to be:

1. Strong enough to break the first tackle outright
2. Twitchy enough to make the second tackler miss
3. Fast enough to outrun everyone else after that

Whereas punt returns come down to just being really twitchy and making lots of guys miss, where guys like Edelman and Marcus Jones excel.

 

[Triumph]

The Pats should involve MJ in the offense too.

 

[TommyD4207]

The Pats should involve MJ in the offense too.

Assuming everyone's healthy, sure. Right now they desperately need him on defense in a pretty big role.

 

[Triumph]

Guy was BLASTING those punts... too bad his gunners couldn't keep up... what a monster leg

He sure did.

Baringer had a 71 yard punt with a very short return.

 

[TommyD4207]

He sure did.

Baringer had a 71 yard punt with a very short return.

He actually hit 3 70-yarders, all from the back line of the end zone. One got called back, and one was the return TD because no one could tackle.

 

[Triumph]

Assuming everyone's healthy, sure. Right now they desperately need him on defense in a pretty big role.

Save him for Buffalo.

Mickey D should design a play for him.

 

[Triumph]

He actually hit 3 70-yarders, all from the back line of the end zone. One got called back, and one was the return TD because no one could tackle.

I rewatched the game and the Pats made a lot of mistakes.

 

[Hugepatsfan]

The Pats should involve MJ in the offense too.

When has MJ ever contributed on offense without the benefit of playing in Matt Patricia's offensive system?

 

[TommyD4207]

When has MJ ever contributed on offense without the benefit of playing in Matt Patricia's offensive system?

I love that this sentence exists.
Also Josh has some work to do to catch up to Matty P's offense with Rookie Bailey ****ing Zappe.

 

[Drunken Cicerone]

The team is starting to show signs of actually being competitive and not a cellar dweller that can’t beat a team that scores 17+ points:

Long way to go but I like the progress