It was a flash of what Duvernay has made clear this season: You don’t need a mastery of punt returns to play like one of the NFL’s best. After a career-long 42-yard return in the Ravens’ 23-7 win Sunday over the Denver Broncos, Duvernay’s averaging an NFL-high 18.9 yards. Among players averaging at least 1.25 returns per game, the Tennessee Titans’ Chester Rogers is next best — at 13.3 yards per return.
“I’m honestly kind of learning on the fly,” Duvernay said Wednesday. “I mean, this last year, when they threw me back there at the end of the year, was my first time ever doing it.