Punt return of the Year?/Bailey wins ST player of the week

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Stedman Bailey runs away with NFC special teams player of the week
Posted by Josh Alper on October 22, 2014

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There wasn’t much doubt that the NFC special teams player of the week for Week Seven was going to go to a member of the Rams.

The only question was which one. Would it be Benny Cunningham, who had a 75-yard kickoff return to set up a score and caught the pass on the fourth quarter fake punt that helped ice the game? Would punterJohnny Hekker get it for delivering that pass? Or would it be wide receiver Stedman Bailey for taking a punt 90 yards for a touchdown while the Seahawks chased Tavon Austin on the wrong side of the field? The league went with option No. 3.

Bailey, typically a blocker for Austin on returns, was all by himself on the right side of the field when Jon Ryan’s punt settled into his hands and he sprinted down the sideline for a score that lifted the Rams to a 21-3 first half lead. Most of the rest of the players were on the left side because Austin and a crew of blockers went that way while the ball was in the air and the coverage team failed to notice that the ball failed to materialize anywhere near them.

There’s no award for assistant coach of the week, but it’s hard to imagine giving a fictional one to anyone but Rams special teams coach John Fassel given how much value the Rams got from those units in the 28-26 win
 

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Best punt return ever. Picking NFC Special Teams player of the week is going to be tough. Hekker, Cunningham, or Bailey?
Very, Very Tough Call to make!! I want to hear what the vote count ends up!!
 

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Best punt return ever. Picking NFC Special Teams player of the week is going to be tough. Hekker, Cunningham, or Bailey?
Well don't discount the PR by Tavon against Indy last year ,just as long .completely spontaneous