BWahlberg said:
I don't mind Nguyen, he's a good returner, he doesn't have that high motor to keep his speed up. Just like his brother, which leads to getting caught from behind. Fumble issues are concerning, none lost, can't remember but I don't think he put any on the ground on kickoffs, just punts.
Overall, John is pretty decent punt returner, because he's good at getting the first guy to miss and his top end ceiling is not a huge handicap. He does make some bad decisions and is somewhat gunshy on challenging kicks, letting too many hit the ground, which destroys field position. He just flat is not a good KO returner. He didn't seem to recognize a seam and with his lack of a top end, seldom got past the 20. I always hoped for touchbacks; it was the best we were going to do.
His stats support these observations; he was 24th out of 55 in FCS punt returns with an average of 9.5 (pretty decent), but 108th out of 113 in FCS kickoff returns with an average of 16.6. So only 5 KO returners were worse.