Kerley has signed

Like Kerley, he can catch punts, but he is as bad as Marshall at returning them

 

CYA

 

he can catch em, and then step out of bounds. Hes the worst PR Ive ever seen

 

4 yards and a cloud of dust

 

Walt, I was thinking the same thing about their adding Kerley because he can actually catch the punts and hold onto the ball. Now watch him fumble his first two opportunities. LOL

 

Thought Pats would sign him and turn him into Edelman 2

 

He'd better stop with the additions. If he's not careful, he's gonna screw up our tank.

 

If the Pats signed him he would turn into Devon Hester

 

That or he won't even return punts at all, lol

 

Problem? What problem? We don't need no stinking OL!!

 

With the way the Jets don't (can't?) block on STs, can you blame him? Better to step out of bounds than get creamed.

 

I liked Kerley thought they were using wrong. Keep him away from punt duties and use him on 3rd downs in the slot.

 

Given our track record on injuries we ill probably unfortunately need him.

 

Especially if Hack is playing QB (which he may be fairly early).

 

Glad we have him. Familiar with our dysfunctional organization and gives us some needed depth.

 

Kerley wasn't much of a receiving threat when he was here, but then again there wasn't that much QB talent here to throw to him. What I liked about Kerley was his steadiness in fielding punts. I think he only fumbled one punt while here and that one he recovered himself. With this Jet offense, one fumbled punt could easily cost the Jets a game. I know he won't gain a lot of yardage on punt returns, but I'd rather have the reliability of a Kerley, than some flashy PR likely to cough up the football.

 

Why does everyone keep saying this? He had trouble holding onto the ball his 1st 2 seasons, 5 fumbles on 48 returns, so then he starts fair catching everything and cuts down on his fumbles but also seriously cuts down on his return yards.
Last year he had 3 fumbles in 21 returns and only gained 7.5 yards per return. So now not only can he not hold onto the ball, when he does he can't gain any yards.

 

1 fumble every 7 punt returns last season, top 5 worst in the league

I have to say though, I didn't think there could be 4 other guys worse at holding onto the ball.

 

I'm OK with the signing of Kerley till he will only return punts (or doing fair catches). However, if he will take snaps from Hansen and Stewart, Macc can go where I think with his concept of building a roster and youth movement BS.