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July 23
Cincinnati Enquirer
 
After a frustrating season of special teams play, sixth-year Bengals special teams coach Darrin Simmons is ready to put 2007 in the past. There are many plays he'd like to forget - like Josh Cribbs' 85-yard kickoff return for the Browns Sept. 16. Or Josh Wilson's 72-yard opening kickoff return for Seattle a week later, which preceded Glenn Holt's game-ending fumble on a kickoff return. "Obviously we got off to a rough start last year and we picked up through the middle half. At the end we started to play better. I hope to pick up where we left off and continue building off that," Simmons said. Attribute some of the special teams woes to injuries. Early blows included the season-ending losses of Tab Perry, Ethan Kilmer and Lemar Marshall. Herana-Daze Jones, who led special teams in tackles, played only nine games because of a knee injury.

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