Now let me see, special teams kicking team as I remember it:
a. When the ball leaves the tee you become a missle following that football.
b.The members of the kicking team assigned to block are moving obstacles you are to evade as you follow the ball to it's intended receiver.
c. As the ball gets closer TO the kick return man watch him.
If he
steps away from the path of the ball or
raises his hand to signal fair catch, you mission is aborted.
d. If the return man
FAILS to do
EITHER of the aforementioned, the second that ball lands in his hands and he shifts his weight even a fraction of a millimeter it is
YOUR job as a member of the kicking team...to
break every bone in that muff-hugga's body!
Now in the play I watched:
a. The return man
DID NOT remove himself from the path of the ball
b. The return man
DID NOT wave for a fair catch
c. The return man
DID make a catch
d. The return man
DID shift his weight and prepare to advance the ball
&
e. (and this is the IMPORTANT part)
Got his 3itch @$$ knocked the VUGG OUT by a member of the kicking team who was doing his DAMNED JOB!
For the sake of argument...I'd have to see the hit again, but I thought it was clean.