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Kadarius Toney's Super Bowl performance......

Discussion in 'RayGator's Swamp Gas' started by okeechobee, Feb 12, 2023.

  1. rtgator

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    Of course. It went as planned. Good for them.

    They gave up a certain TD to take the lead for a short, high percentage field goal attempt. But we've all seen short field goals missed due to a bad snap, bad hold, bad kick or blocked kick. It was a gamble, but one that paid off.
     
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  2. akaijenkins1

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    His last season here Toney was definitely fully utilized.

    Pierce I agree with you but not Toney.
     
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  3. RD_gator

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    This was an incredible breakdown of Kadarius Toney's 65 yard, game-changing punt return. Excuse some of the language.

    Evidentally, the kickoff coverage strategy for Philadelphia was to pin KC to the left-middle field, only the punt went right. However, the punter miss-hit the football but still hit the sweet spot enough to go to the right - you could see it later with the punter's reaction. The two Phily gunners were trying to run to the left middle as well as the rest of the coverage.

    You could see KT slow down a bit & try to lure about 5-7 players from the opposition to the left side of the field. Toney next did a lot of patented, juke moves to reverse direction and headed righward toward the endzone. Toney had a wall of blockers in position to slow down Philadelphia's pursuit.

    All of it happened in a few blinks of the eye. Such an important play to secure Kansas City's win.



    Congratulations to the former UF football players on winning the Superbowl:
    WR Kadarius Toney,
    P Tommy Townsend
    DE Carlos Dunlap.


    As well as DB CJ Gardner-Johnson who made some hard tackles for the Philadelphia Eagles' defense.
     
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  4. tommyuf21

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    13 punt returns in 3 seasons, that's my point.
     
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  5. AgingGator

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    Once Trask started and Johnson took over the offense.
     
  6. dkgator

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    Sounds like a certain coach on the sideline in Gainesville right now. But I’m still trying to be supportive.
     
  7. AgingGator

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    Where was all of the speed that a coach on our sideline could have been creative with?
     
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  8. Endless Excuses

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    Are you kidding Toney was all SEC in fielding fair catches. I never understood why we had him fair catching pints with no one within 10 yards. The guy was good for a td every pother game from a punt return and all we did was pack it in. Inexcusable.
     
  9. doeringmortgage

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    I knew the Giants were not a good fit.

    He's in the perfect situation and I'm happy for him.

    He can ball and the Giants didn't utilize him correctly.
     
  10. Distant Gator

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    I know it doesn't square with the "Mullen was the worst coach of all time" narrative but Toney was a wild card until his last year here.
    He could make a good play (as he did vs Miami) but he could lose a lot of yards too.
    It seemed like (to me) he didn't run the called plays or "do his job"- he simply free-lanced and sometimes it worked, and sometimes it didn't.
    He certainly was unpredictable, which is not what an offense or even a special teams coach wants.

    His senior year was different- Toney seemed to grow up and finally take things seriously.
    And he had a great year- enough to be a first round pick.

    Look- I agree mullen was not head coach material but the man could develop offensive players- and Toney is a good example.
     
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  11. AgingGator

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    One more example of how pro sports management shouldn’t listen to sports media.
     
  12. staticgator

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    Dunlap joins a pretty small club of players with a Super Bowl and college national championship.
     
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  13. CadGator

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    That's correct, but they didn't miss the field goal.
     
  14. GornGator

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    Congrats to KT. Awesome game. And yes,..... Chauncey was laying the wood for Philly.
    GO GATORS!!!!
     
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  15. StrangeGator

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    And before his last season he was prone to improvising his routes. He was not a disciplined route runner until his senior year.
     
  16. INGATORSWETRUST

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    Namath and Montana as QBs

    Tony Dorsett, Charles Woodson and Marcus Allen are only to have won a National Championship in college, the Heisman and a Super Bowl.
     
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  17. Distant Gator

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    Only Marcus Allen won the NFL MVP, Heisman, college natty and Super Bowl.
    However, Allen was not much of a contributor on his national title winning team. (USCw 78.)
    Cam would have pulled off the feat had the Panthers beat the Broncos in 2016, but they did not.
     
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  18. Wanne15

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    Rightfully so for Cam as he’s not in the same breath as the other guys. Those are nfl hof’ers.
     
  19. orangeblue_coop

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    Being able to find Kadarius Toney off the scrap heap and have him be a meaningful contributor to a championship team just shows how brilliant Andy Reid is, he just pulled off one of the most masterful coaching seasons ever while Mahomes just had one of the best QB seasons ever. Plenty of people thought the Chiefs and Mahomes would take a step back after losing Tyreek Hill but they kept right on truckin.
     
  20. Wanne15

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    Defending Mahomes is the real problem, not defending his receivers. Tom Brady doesn’t have all the super bowl rings because his receivers are Hall of Famer’s.
     
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