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Smitty returning punts

Discussion in 'Carolina Panthers' started by vpkozel, Aug 29, 2005.

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  1. Aug 29, 2005 at 2:04 PM #1
    vpkozel

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    How come people seem to have such a reluctance to have a starting WR return punts, when it is fairly commonplace to have a starting CB do it?
     
  2. Aug 29, 2005 at 2:08 PM #2
    PantherFanz

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    I think a star WR is harder to replace than a CB.....We lose Gamble and that is bad, but I think others are present to step up. We lose Smitty, see 2004 results...
     
  3. Aug 29, 2005 at 3:03 PM #3
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    Add Foster, Davis, either Gross or Wharton, Jenkins.... Smart or Robertson. Then we might see that again.

    If we lost Smitty we'd be worse @ #1 WR than last year but probably are a little better @ 2 w/Gardener > than Colbert as a rook.

    I'm sure none of us wants to find out what it would really be like.
     
  4. Aug 29, 2005 at 3:19 PM #4
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    I would just as soon not have star player returning punts anyway. Most star players are pulled off punt return duty when they blossom, see Tim Brown or Darrell Green.
     
  5. Aug 29, 2005 at 3:29 PM #5
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    Or John Taylor
     
  6. Aug 29, 2005 at 3:48 PM #6
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    None of that still answers the question. Just because other teams pull their stars from doesn't mean another has to.
     
  7. Aug 29, 2005 at 4:11 PM #7
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    There is no reason we have to do that but it makes a lot of sense IMHO. Look at Jason Seahorn. He was never the same after he tore up his knee on a kickoff return. Smith is too valuable to use on punt returns.
     
  8. Aug 29, 2005 at 4:12 PM #8
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    I don't like it either, but how many injuries to Smitty has he had as a PR v/s a WR?

    Yeah, I know it's extra exposur and all that, but I have moved on....I think we all need to...it is what it is.
     
  9. Aug 29, 2005 at 5:45 PM #9
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    Who all uses a starting CB to return punts right now, regularly?

    You don't pay a guy $5 mil a year and then let him get further in harm's way. We could've had a good combination return man, but haven't for the last few years because Smith wants to return punts. When he got hurt, we lost a starting receiver AND a punt returner. But hey, each his own. Me, I'd rather not see him get hurt.
     
  10. Aug 29, 2005 at 6:30 PM #10
    finleye

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    i think he feels he has more control when returning punts, as opposed to returning kickoffs, because he can always fair catch a punt, thus choosing to call a play dead if the coverage doesnt llok advantageous.

    But, yeah, he is still more in harms way than not returning punts.
     
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