Quote:The special teams coverage all day in this game was atrocious. The Marshall muff was just inexcusable. I don't know that I'm ready to bench him, but I truly hope he understands why that happened so it never happens again. Actually, until that muff Nick was doing an outstanding job on returns. He's not really a threat to go the distance, but he was routinely getting us out to around the 30 to start drives, and had a decent punt return shortly before.

Marshall has been a frustrating player on ST.  Not just because of this muff, but there have been a couple of plays where he went out of bounds while being a gunner and drew penalties.

 

But Sam Kouvaris raised an interesting question.

 

Why wasn't the player with the surest hands for punt returns, Walters, back there to field the punt?

 

In order for the Jaguars to have a chance to win, the defense had to make a stop, and they did.

 

The stop was important because it meant the Jaguars would get the ball again.

 

Why not have the guy back there to give the Jaguars the best chance to re-gain possession?

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