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Originally Posted by TEX
Not joking at all. He was and still is better than ANYTHING we have. BTW, How's Frank Gantz Jr. doing these days? Just WHY did Herm let him go again?  |
Dante Hall's KR's started to suffer the year we let Blaylock go to the Jets. The year Dante had all those TDs, they had a special on him on NFL network and he had said that DB was basicly his eyes into the next level. Both guys were running backs, so Blaylock would find a hole that he would take if he were running, and then get into it and block the defender in that gap.
Dante basicly followed Blaylock in, made the cut and his speed did the rest. Check out the big one that won the Ravens game in Baltimore after the Ravens went offside on the first KO and were forced to kick again. Blaylock makes a huge hole and Dante is off to the races.
We let some other guys go as well, Boerigter, Stills, etc... but on KR's Blaylock was a huge loss. I believe that led to more of Dante's dancing around than anything.
Dante spiking the ball is just his competetive nature and frustration boiling over. You know you have the ability to bust the game wide open, all you need is just a little help. One block here or there, and when youre getting NO help at all and limited touches of the football, I could see where some ball spikes and jawing could come into play. I dont think its good, or the way he should have handled it, but I can understand where it comes from.
Dante just needed to suck it up and get upfield, and not reverse field and all that other garbage when he knows he doesnt have help. Dancing around in one place doesnt get it done. But we see that Dante still has it with what he did for the Rams. I would have liked to see the Chiefs keep him, and work on the blocking, but also have him focus on going upfield instead of sideline to sideline.
As for Gansz Jr, we didnt lose much there. He was always HORRID with his coverage units, both kickoff and punt, no matter what personnel he had. When Dante emerged, he became the Vermiel of special teams. Forget the coverages and defensive aspects. Focus all attention on the return game and offensive aspect.
You would have to have a helluva lot more than 6 tds in one year to justify giving up starting field position around the 40 yard line each time you kick the ball away for an entire season.