Cincinnati Bengals (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
... mid-season and racked up a 29.7 average on 36 returns.The problem for Bengals special teams coach Darrin Simmons is that Knox, Manning, and Hester have all dropped back there at various times this season, although Hester has been content to return basically only punts and he’s sixth in the league.Simmons would eventually like to get Scott ready to help return kicks because...
Cincinnati Bengals (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
... and probably not even the game after the Nov. 1 bye as the Bengals finish what special teams coach Darrin Simmons calls “a murderer’s row” of kick and punt returners.
Cincinnati Bengals (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Updated: 3:45 p.m.Bengals special teams coach Darrin Simmons came off the practice field Wednesday pretty pleased with new long snapper Clark Harris’ first 50 or so short snaps and punt snaps.The f...
Cincinnati Bengals (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Updated: 4 p.m.Bengals special teams coach Darrin Simmons came off the practice field Wednesday pretty pleased with new long snapper Clark Harris’ first 50 or so short snaps and punt snaps.The firs...
Cincinnati Bengals (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Updated: 10:30 p.m.Bengals special teams coach Darrin Simmons is calling this stretch of games against Cleveland, Baltimore, Houston, and Chicago “Murderer’s Row,” and if you thought the Browns’ Jo...
Cincinnati Bengals (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Updated: 8:20 p.m.Bengals special teams coach Darrin Simmons dreaded the cut that would release long snapper Brad St. Louis. But in the end he concluded, “We’ve got to put this fire out.”St. Louis’...
Cincinnati Bengals (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
... supposed to be like children and seen not heard.“A new beginning, a new day,” special teams coach Darrin Simmons said as he came in off the practice field after Harris’ first snap for a field goal was right on time for ’s perfect 35-yarder in the opening of individual drills. “We couldn’t keep going on the same road we were going. Especially the way our season is starting to shape...
Bengals Gab (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
... more and more a glaring a liability. “Brad is a guy we all admire,” Bengals special teams coach Darrin Simmons said, “but we have to put this fire out.” By some accounts, the Bengals have left eleven points on the field so far this season due to issues with the center-holder exchange. It began versus Denver when a high snap on a field goal try sailed over holder Kevin Huber’s head....
Cincinnati Bengals (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
Posted: 6:45 a.m.All indications are the Bengals are going to keep working out long snappers as they mull what to do with struggling veteran Brad St. Louis.Special teams coach Darrin Simmons said a...
Cincinnati Bengals (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
Updated: 4 p.m.After Wednesday's practice special teams coach Darrin Simmons said that it looks like Brad St. Louis will long snap his 144th game as a Bengal in Baltimore on Sunday, but he acknowle...
Cincinnati Bengals (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
... go, and be. But you’ve got to make decisions based on what’s best for the football team.”IN TRUST SIMMONS SEEKS: After looking at tape of a blocked field goal and extra point in Sunday’s 23-20 overtime victory over the Browns, Bengals special teams coach Darrin Simmons believes the problem with field-goal operation is a collective one involving long snapper Brad St. Louis,...
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
He is tied with Eric Metcalf for the franchise record on return TDs and has a long list of admirers, including Bengals special teams coach Darrin Simmons.“He’s a fantastic player, who is very talented and aggressive,” Simmons said. “He is probably the most physical returner in the NFL. He’s got a great stiff arm and runs really hard and strong.”The key for the Bengals will be to...
