Comments on: Current and former Bears special teams coaches debate style

By: yelix

yelix — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 23:31:07 +0000

Hiring Dave Toub is quietly one of the best decisions the Chiefs have made in years. The Chiefs have been mediocre-to-bad on special teams for a long time. Hopefully, that will change.

By: sowcrates

sowcrates — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 23:24:01 +0000

Good points by bla bla bla and vertskate900 above, I didn’t see lack of linebackers as a cause for concern in Chicago’s kick/punt COVERAGE in all the years Toub was in Chicago. Whether or not Toub thinks having the extra linebackers makes a difference for him on the kick/punt return squads is a potentially different matter, because there’s been a noticeable drop-off in Chicago’s return game from when Danieal Manning and Johnny Knox were pro bowl kick returners that beat out Hester to the KR job for averaging nearly 30 yards/return

By: packfanssuck

packfanssuck — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 22:57:49 +0000

I’m sorry, you lost me (and all credibility), as soon as I read “as a packer fan”

By: bla bla bla

bla bla bla — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:09:25 +0000

It will be interesting to see if the Bears’ Special Teams units experience any kind of serious drop-off with Dave Toub gone.

As A Packer fan I would be inclined to follow whatever advice he chose to offer. For those that don’t follow the NFC North, the Bears’ ST have been absolutely stellar for a very long time.

By: vertskate900

vertskate900 — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 16:58:54 +0000

If I remember correctly, when the Bears’ special teams were at their best a few years back, running backs like Adrian Peterson (#29) and Garrett Wolfe would lead the team in special teams tackles. Just saying.