Possibly the most dangerous return man in the league comes to Soldier Field and Chicago Bears special teams coordinator Richard Hightower addresses this.
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00:02 - Mims is outstanding returner.
00:20 He has really good vision, first of all,
00:24 and he's extremely explosive.
00:26 So what we thought about him in college,
00:29 he's showing on the NFL level.
00:31 It's the reason why he's drafted where he was drafted.
00:33 I mean, he's an outstanding player.
00:35 They do a great job of coaching over there.
00:37 He got two veteran coordinators
00:39 that have been in the league a while
00:40 and they're doing a great job coaching.
00:42 They're a really well coached unit
00:44 along with an explosive player,
00:47 which has given them an opportunity
00:49 to be top of the league in part return,
00:50 top of the league and kickoff return.
00:53 And on that note,
00:54 I know you always had those kickoff return questions
00:57 through three weeks
00:58 and I'll leave you guys with this.
01:00 I thought it was really interesting.
01:02 There've been two touchdowns in these three weeks.
01:05 Over the last three years,
01:08 there's only been three combined, right?
01:12 So, and that kid has one of those touchdowns.
01:16 So what it's telling me is,
01:18 obviously the number of returns are going down.
01:22 All right, that's a fact.
01:24 Okay, we saw that.
01:25 Okay, but what's interesting is the yards per return
01:30 is going up.
01:32 Okay, so that is really interesting.
01:35 What it tells me is even a week like this week,
01:39 just because there are not a lot of returns,
01:41 when they are coming out,
01:43 you better have your guys detailed and focused
01:46 and coached on that play
01:48 because the plays that are coming out are bigger
01:51 and they are longer than what's happened in the past.
01:55 And if you take that a step further,
01:57 I mean punt return,
01:59 you take a step further,
02:01 punt returns have been three touchdowns this year.
02:04 Okay, you know how many there've been
02:06 in the last three years,
02:07 in the first three weeks?
02:10 - One?
02:12 - Good guess.
02:13 (laughing)
02:14 - Zero?
02:15 - Zero.
02:16 Right?
02:17 So it tells me we've got to focus more on the details
02:21 and it's really a trick for guys
02:24 to think that, hey, it may not come out,
02:28 it might come out,
02:29 you better be more focused now.
02:31 You better be more detailed now.
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