It is best for the ball to tumble end over end on FG attempts. When that happens, the ball tends to travel in a fairly straight line -- as much as the wind will allow. Zuerlein's kicks have been tumbling in an unusual way, and I believe that is why he missed the crucial kick in the first Seahawks game. Something seems to be amiss in the Rams special teams coaching. This is the kind of thing that is obvious to fans like us. So how can the coaches not see it and do something about it? Hecker has also regressed. Is it something that good coaching could correct? Earlier in the season, the Rams made costly errors by kicking off out of bounds. I never saw anything that made me feel good about Natson and the punt returner. There was a glaring bad decision to go for a fake. Lots of indications that make me wonder about Bones.
