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per Chip:
The NFL’s most underappreciated player keeps getting the last laugh. Sherels is in his ninth NFL season, tied with Everson Griffen as the longest-tenured Viking. He has lasted nearly a decade because he remains one of the league’s most reliable punt returners and versatile special-teams players.
He showed his value again Sunday when he flipped field position with a 70-yard punt return at a tense moment in what became a 41-17 victory over Miami.
That marked Sherels’ 29th return of 20-plus yards since 2012, the most in the NFL in that span.
Sherels is the only active NFL player with at least 200 career punt returns and eight or fewer fumbles. He’s lost only two fumbles in 231 career returns. None since 2016.
That, more than anything, explains why he keeps a tight grip on his job.
“Turnovers are huge in the game as you can see around the league,” he said.
Returning punts isn’t a glamorous job. It requires looking skyward while 10 defenders make a full-throttle beeline to demolish you. Returners are either brave or wacko.
“I just try to go out there and make plays,” Sherels said.
http://www.startribune.com/marcus-s...l-with-vikings-after-all-this-time/502973551/
Go Gophers!!
The NFL’s most underappreciated player keeps getting the last laugh. Sherels is in his ninth NFL season, tied with Everson Griffen as the longest-tenured Viking. He has lasted nearly a decade because he remains one of the league’s most reliable punt returners and versatile special-teams players.
He showed his value again Sunday when he flipped field position with a 70-yard punt return at a tense moment in what became a 41-17 victory over Miami.
That marked Sherels’ 29th return of 20-plus yards since 2012, the most in the NFL in that span.
Sherels is the only active NFL player with at least 200 career punt returns and eight or fewer fumbles. He’s lost only two fumbles in 231 career returns. None since 2016.
That, more than anything, explains why he keeps a tight grip on his job.
“Turnovers are huge in the game as you can see around the league,” he said.
Returning punts isn’t a glamorous job. It requires looking skyward while 10 defenders make a full-throttle beeline to demolish you. Returners are either brave or wacko.
“I just try to go out there and make plays,” Sherels said.
http://www.startribune.com/marcus-s...l-with-vikings-after-all-this-time/502973551/
Go Gophers!!