Turpin's best game in some time

[BrAinPaiNt]

That seems like it was Turpin's best game on special teams in some time.

 

[Cowboys5217]

That seems like it was Turpin's best game on special teams in some time.

Yep. I had been complaining recently that he hadn't done much recently. It worked! He had a good game.

 

[maryquality]

Turpin has always been good, but this was the first game when his good returns haven't been called back by penalties!!

 

[Praxit]

..yep, some decent run backs.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Yes nice to see him have some running lanes.

He is still that guy when he gets a chance.

 

[pancakeman]

Yep. I had been complaining recently that he hadn't done much recently. It worked! He had a good game.

Thank you for your service

 

[Silver Surfer]

It was TurpinTime! (I'll show myself out.)

 

[charron]

Seems like special teams found a little life today. Let's hope that continues

 

[Dorsett99Yards]

With Turpin, I feel l, they should put on the return instead of going for the block. How many punts get blocked every year, 4? So a punt returned for a TD is more likely to happen than a block. Math don't lie.

 

[75boyz]

Seems like special teams found a little life today. Let's hope that continues

Return unit, yes.
Field goal blocking unit, not so much.

 

[CalPolyTechnique]

He had a good return. Not pleased with him the past two seasons though as a returner.

 

[MarionBarberThe4th]

With Turpin, I feel l, they should put on the return instead of going for the block. How many punts get blocked every year, 4? So a punt returned for a TD is more likely to happen than a block. Math don't lie.

What do you mean

 

[LouBrown]

Seems like special teams found a little life today. Let's hope that continues

They missed 2 field goals and gave up a huge return lol

 

[Dorsett99Yards]

What do you mean

There are about 4 punt blocks per year and 8 punts returned for TD's a year. So instead of trying to block the punt they should pull guys off the line to block for the return.

 

[MarionBarberThe4th]

There are about 4 punt blocks per year and 8 punts returned for TD's a year. So instead of trying to block the punt they should pull guys off the line to block for the return.

You’re saying Turin needs to run twice as fast ?

 

[Dorsett99Yards]

You’re saying Turin needs to run twice as fast ?

Basically, yeah.

 

[gimmesix]

That seems like it was Turpin's best game on special teams in some time.

He's trying to hit holes more at speed this year instead of a hesitating to try to let the blocking develop before hitting a hole. He had a good game last week against Baltimore, too. He averaged 31.0 per return in that one. Actually looking at his numbers, he averaged 30.5 against Washington. Right now, he's second in the league in return average at 28.13, which puts him in the top five of those with 10 or more returns.

I think some of our fans expect more than is realistic from Turpin.

I'm not that satisfied with our special teams coordinator, but Turpin is playing pretty well and I feel like Spann-Ford and Luepke are doing well on kick coverage with help from Aubrey's knuckleballers, when he can land them in the landing zone and keep them from going out of bounds. It appeared to me that we adjusted them some this week to have him not kick them as close to the sideline.