During the Kansas City Chiefs’ 31-13 defeat of the Washington Football Team on Sunday, Chiefs wide receiver Mecole Hardman drew the ire of some fans for making a fair catch on a punt at his own 4-yard line.
But according to Kansas City special teams coordinator Dave Toub, Hardman was doing exactly what he had been coached to do — except for one thing.
“I think he didn’t read the ball right,” Toub told reporters on Thursday. “You know, it was a spiral kick. A spiral kick at [the] 5-yard line, you want to let that go, because it will bounce into the end zone — probably 7 out of 10 times.