I mean a few weeks back before Patrick was cut he was the guy who clearly loafed (to my eye at least) on the TD return. He made his way back and tonight had a big penalty. The blocking on opposing gunners has been terrible too, Long is one of the worst I've seen at that and he keeps getting trotted out there to do it.

So it's a combination of the two.

But the thing with Bonamego is the issues go far deeper too. We drafted the wrong kicker which was a decision he undoubtedly had his hands all over. We kept the wrong kicker too most likely after report after report that said Bonamego's boy was terrible in camp, only to be told he turned it on miraculously in practices where the press couldn't see. He wanted Kupp back there returning punts when he wasn't any better than Web, and our special teams dropped from middle of the pack to bottom feeder across the board in one season under his stewardship.

And I'm with you guys that the bottom of the roster needs more special teams focus. I think that is on McVay. Have pointed this out before and often folks take issue with it, but remember how Fish used to stack the bottom of the roster? He'd have special teams practices that final week and tell the bottom guys "this is for your job go get it." IMO that was something that eroded the relationship between McVay and Fassel too, the way that he probably didn't get the full autonomy with the bottom roster.