Special Teams' Impact in 2011

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by freddyg12

I am not confident that either the O or D units are near playoff caliber yet, but I think special teams may be our strong point & could get us to .500 or better, espcially if Gano improves. Last year, between Banks' TDs that were called back & some Gano misses, this team might've been 8-8 at least. How much of a difference will special teams make this year?

Kicking/punting game has been struggling for long time. The return game and coverage teams were solid. This is the make or break year for Gano...need him to take that next step. With an offense which has been so poor for several years, kicking is an extremely important part of our game, we need ever freakin point we can get. Gano making that transition to solid kicker is just as important as Armstrong taking that next step at receiver or Helu/Royster breaking out at running back.