Jet in PA Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Adam Caplan: #Jets are hiring former #Colts asst special teams coach Brant Boyer as their special teams coach, source said. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet in PA Posted February 3, 2016 Author Share Posted February 3, 2016 I'd hate to troll him already but did he assist in this? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
32EBoozer Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 I'd hate to troll him already but did he assist in this? C-L-A-S-S-I-C!! Well played Sir. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larz Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 lulz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge4Tide Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Hope he turns out to be a good one......assuming Bowles did his due diligence and talked to a lot of people about him at the Senior Bowl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoot-Face Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 I'd hate to troll him already but did he assist in this? My favorite part about this is all the Colts players lined up at the bottom, just watching the imminent snap like: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadwayJets Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Hope he turns out to be a good one......assuming Bowles did his due diligence and talked to a lot of people about him at the Senior Bowl Bowles was an asst coach when Boyer played for the Browns, according to Cimini. I'm sure that had something to do with the hire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smaxor5 Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Bowles was an asst coach when Boyer played for the Browns, according to Cimini. I'm sure that had something to do with the hire I'm really hoping this isn't the main reason he was hired. Stupid pessimism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Brown Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Boyer's past: http://www.colts.com/team/coaches/Brant-Boyer/51c4074c-3f24-4765-a182-e819d9d9645a Last season, Boyer helped coach two Associated Press First Team NFL All-Pro and Pro Bowl selections in punter Pat McAfee and kicker Adam Vinatieri. McAfee converted a career-high three onside kicks and set single-season franchise records for punts pinned inside the 20-yard line (30), net punting average (42.8) and kickoff touchbacks (70). Vinatieri made 30-of-31 field goals and at one point made 35 consecutive attempts, which was the fourth-longest streak in NFL history. In addition, he scored the third-highest single-season point total (140) in team history. The Colts special teams unit held opponents to the third-lowest average punt return (5.9) in the NFL in 2014. In 2013, Boyer coached long snapper Matt Overton who earned his first career Pro Bowl selection. The previous year at a specialists combine in Arizona, Boyer discovered Overton and brought him to Indianapolis for a workout prior to his signing in April of 2012. Boyer assisted Vinatieri, who set a career-high with 35 made field goals and recorded 139 points, the third-highest total of his career. He also tied a career-high with four field goals made from over 50 yards. McAfee set a then-franchise single-season record with 27 punts pinned inside the 20-yard line and also set the team single-game record with six such punts in a Week 7 victory against Denver. Boyer also helped coach Andy Studebaker, who recorded a career-high 18 special teams tackles, and Sergio Brown, who posted nine special teams stops. Brown was instrumental in downing seven of McAfee’s punts inside the 10-yard line, including six inside the five-yard line. In 2012, the special teams unit compiled numerous accolades en route to an 11-5 campaign. Boyer guided McAfee, who set then-franchise single-season records for punting average (48.2), net punting average (40.3), 50-yard average games (five) and kickoff touchbacks (45). The special teams unit logged a punt and kickoff return for a touchdown, which marked the sixth time in franchise history and the first time since 2001 that the team accomplished the feat. Deji Karim returned a kickoff 101 yards for a touchdown in Week 17 against Houston, which was the longest return in franchise history since 1973. Wide receiver T.Y. Hilton handled the majority of the punt return duties and assisted in posting the team’s fourth-highest average (11.1) in franchise history. Hilton registered a 75-yard punt return in Week 12 against Buffalo, which tied for the second-longest return in franchise history. His 111 punt return yards in that game were the most by a Colts rookie in a single game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadwayJets Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 I'm really hoping this isn't the main reason he was hired. Stupid pessimism. Bowles has worked with a lot of former players and assistant coaches, I'm sure there are other reasons he was picked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetfuel Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Can he bring Pat McAfee with him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsfan80 Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 FootballOutsider's Special Teams rankings for the Colts during Boyer's tenure as assistant from 2012-15: 2012: 9th in Weighted DVOA (strength - Punt Returning, +5.3) 2013: 22nd (strength - kicking, + 4.4) 2014: 9th (strength - punting, + 11.2) 2015: 17th (strength - kicking, + 4.8) Not terrible at all, though I would have liked to see their ST unit replicate some of their return game abilities of the '12 campaign. We know they've had a pretty good Kicker/Punter duo most years in Indy. Boyer was just the assistant so we don't have much to go on regarding how he'll run the show here. However, 4 years of preparation in an assistant role should be more than enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banks81 Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 I'm really hoping this isn't the main reason he was hired. Stupid pessimism. You're adorable. Did you mean nepotism? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loluchka80 Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 My favorite part about this is all the Colts players lined up at the bottom, just watching the imminent snap like: the ball wasn't supposed to be snapped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smaxor5 Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 You're adorable. Did you mean nepotism? Uh no I meant MY pessimism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drsamuel84 Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Again, April deserved to get fired because our special teams were historically bad. But it's really going to come down to getting the right talent in here. Including taking a serious look at a new punter. I think we've been complacent for too long with Quigley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rillo Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 I'd hate to troll him already but did he assist in this? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk This. Ugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoot-Face Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 the ball wasn't supposed to be snapped Apparently the players weren't told. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loluchka80 Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Apparently the players weren't told. i'm pretty sure all the players knew, except for the center who was a back up (i think there was an injury in the game). i believe the objective of the play was to get the pats to be confused and jump off side. obviously it didn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoot-Face Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 i'm pretty sure all the players knew, except for the center who was a back up (i think there was an injury in the game). i believe the objective of the play was to get the pats to be confused and jump off side. obviously it didn't work. See, all I'm trying to do here is make a simple joke. And here you are ruining it with facts. Nice job. As someone with "lol" in their name, you're not being very lol-friendly. What, next are you gonna quote my Samuel Jackson gif in the "Board Upgrade" thread, and mention how typically smooth these upgrades go, and that there is "no need for butt-holding"? Way to pull the rug out from beneath my entire shtick, bucko. Words hurt, man. Words hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUM-KNEE Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Spoot, wtf is that beaver doing in that gif at the bottom of your posts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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