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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pokerbrat2000" data-source="post: 1073088" data-attributes="member: 7261">I could be wrong here, but really the only good choice on those kickoffs that bounced just short of the goal line and then fielded by the Packers, would be to return them or fair catch them.  If I read the new kickoff rules, downing them in the EZ (after they hit short of it) brings the ball to the 20, not the 35.  Which was what the Packers were doing.  Fair catching them gives you the ball at the 25.Let's face it, Brandon Aubrey is a great kicker and he seems to have perfected the perfect kickoff.  He doesn't kick it into the endzone, he makes it hit just short of it and leave the returner only 2 choices, return it or down it and get the ball at the 20.  Add to that the fact that Aubrey is 9 of 9 on FG's, with 4 longer than 50 yards.  He is also perfect on XP's.One can only hope that Bisaccia was paying attention last night and gets McManus to work on consistently landing his kickoffs just short of the EZ.</blockquote>

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