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| Special Teams Reactions December 2 2002 By Bryan Hersh of 49ers Paradise THIS CONTENT IS COPYWRITED, REDISTRIBUTION OF IT (including copy/pasting it to a message board, forum or bbs) IS PROHIBITED AND COULD RESULT IN LEGAL ACTIONS - feel free to quote up to 1 paragraph providing a source link to http://www.49ersparadise.cjb.net is included This could have been the best special team’s performance of the season. I know that doesn’t say much considering the state this group has been this season. Still it was a pretty amazing feet considering the team had two kickers with a total of one game experience between them, one of which a complete rookie to the NFL was also the holder for the place kicker. I’ll admit that the first time LaFleur took to the field to hold the ball for Chandler, I was worried. But by the end of the game, I had certainly relaxed. Chandler remains perfect on field goal and extra points, but again that doesn’t say much considering his youth in the league. LaFleur wasn’t dazzling. His 39.4 yard average however was no indicator, because he was force to punt in short situations twice. He played well, but certainly isn’t a game breaking punter, at least not yet. The Hawks average starting position was the 28, including the position after interceptions and after one kickoff where the team was backed up due to an erroneous official call. There were still too many penalties from this group though.
The story of the special teams though was Jimmy Williams who returned a punt for a touchdown, the first such touchdown for the 49ers since 1998 when RW McQuarters did it. That’s a long time to go with no touchdowns on special teams, so seeing Williams strut into the endzone, really felt good.
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