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Dave Toub insists that in the modern NFL, punt returners must be aggressive

When Kansas City Chiefs special teams coordinator (and assistant head coach) Dave Toub took his weekly turn with the media on Thursday, it was yet another session where reporters wanted to question the Chiefs’ longtime assistant coach about a decision made by a punt returner.

In this case, the returner was Richie James. The punt was near the end of the third quarter in last Sunday’s 25-17 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals. With Kansas City trailing 17-16, James fielded Brad Robbins’ punt one yard deep in the end zone and took it out.