Kansas City Chiefs special teams coordinator Dave Toub spoke with reporters before practice recently, announcing the return of injured returner Nikko Remigio after last week’s absence and the team’s performance without him.
“The kick returns were good. The punt return, we had a lot of chances – our defense played great. They made them (Texans) punt eight times in that game. (Texans P) Tommy (Townsend) had a good game too himself, hung the ball pretty well, but there were a couple of times there where we might have been able to get something.” said Toub, “We had a punt returner (Xavier Worthy) in there that (was his) first time in an NFL game and he got us through the game with the fair catches. Probably would need more work to get more confidence to be able to time it up and see that the coverage was good (and) blocking was good, so he could get it fielded, but Nikko’s (Remigio) coming back. Nikko is going to go right back in there again.”
Remigio missed the Week 14 game after suffering a concussion in practice last Friday. Worthy had one recorded punt return for six yards, while Tyquan Thornton and Brashard Smith split four kick return opportunities, averaging 27 and 25, respectively.
This article originally appeared on Chiefs Wire: Chiefs STC Dave Toub announces the return of an injured receiver
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