Free Press sports writers Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez play Monday morning quarterback and look ahead to this week’s Bears game. Recorded Monday, Nov. 13, 2017. Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press
For long stretches of his high school and college careers, the best return man in the NFL couldn’t convince his coaches to let him return punts.
When they finally did, they got a glimpse of what the world is seeing right now.
Jamal Agnew leads the NFL in punt-return average heading into Sunday’s clash with the Chicago Bears, and nine games into the season the Detroit Lions rookie is the only player in the league with multiple scores on kick or punt returns.