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Jackson on the Vikings punt return woes

This is certainly not meant to mock or gloat... I just thought you guys might find this tidbit from Matt Mosely's interview with Desean Jackson about the Vikings' punt team interesting.

Fortunately for the Eagles, Jackson settled down and ended up making a huge contribution. His 62-yard punt return set up the Eagles' first field goal and his 34-yard catch put the Eagles in position to take a 9-7 lead in the second quarter. Jackson later added a 30-yard punt return up the left sideline to give the Eagles the ball at the Vikings' 40. After doing a live shot with a Japanese film crew, he told me that he watched film of Reggie Bush returning two punts for touchdowns against the Vikings earlier in the season.

"[Bush] broke two returns and tripped on the third or he would have had another," Jackson said. "That punter out-kicks their coverage and that makes things really tough on them. But my punt return team also did a phenomenal job."

From reading some of the comments in the game thread, this probably isn't news to most of you guys...

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Heath Farwell

Must be the single greatest special teams player in the history of the National Football League. Kluwe was kicking the ball the same way last season, and our punt coverage was nowhere near this disastrous.

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by Gonzo on Jan 5, 2009 11:35 AM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Never thought...

I never thought one guy would make such a difference. Goes to show that while he didn’t make or break our coverage, Heath Farwell is probably the most underrated player on the Vikings.

It would have been nice to have him this season. At least the speical teams have nowhere to go but up, right?

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by Manimal on Jan 5, 2009 11:39 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah, I didn’t even think he was that great. Now I know just how much more beastly that 6-ST tackle game was he had. Geeze. Come back, Farwell. We need you!

by Frost on Jan 5, 2009 2:35 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I think we can take Jackson's words

to be truth. Myself and others have been saying he outkicks the coverage all the time. This just solidifies that speculation.

by skiumah06 on Jan 6, 2009 1:52 AM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I just hate how the guy got into Childress’ face after that second long punt return. Total lack of respect. And it wasn’t even because he’s so good, returners have eaten our STs up all season long.

by Frost on Jan 6, 2009 9:15 AM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

YEah that was out of line. I’m sure Reid had a talk with him about that. There’s no need to be showing people up.

Frankly, I’m surprised he didn’t get flagged for it. He deserved it more than Asante Samuel did for holding his arms in the air as “excessive” celebration.

by JasonB on Jan 6, 2009 1:37 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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