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Anyone have any insight on Lardarius Webb (BAL CB) for 2010? He was racking up points on KR duty and even saw some time as a starter at CB2 for a few games. Then he tore his knee up.I did find this little bit of info:
As a Webb owner in a number of leagues, I've been following his news keenly and the seems to be conflicting stories about whether he will be ready to go Week 1 or not. Webb will play this season.....which if you are a word smith like many of the coaches are.....that's what Harbaugh is saying...Webb will play this season. Anyway, if he hasn't lost anything post surgery then Webb will hopefully keep lighting it up as a returner.Darius Butler (NE) springs to mind as does Ellis Hobbs in Philly. I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure Javier Arenas (KC) should get a shot at some return duties. Cortland Finnegan & Darrelle Revis might still have punt return duties in 2010.
Looks like Javi will probably be getting the nod (at least this early on in camp) for return duties over McCluster. I assume that's not a decision related to ability but to the fact that they want DMC focused on offense. Other KC players who have been taking turns on return duty in camp are Maurice Leggett (CB) and Terrance Copper (WR). Having seen them both in the role last season, the job is most likely Javi's to lose. The reason, according to KC mgmt, for drafting a player like Arenas was because 3WR sets are becoming so prolific in the NFL that a Nickle CB is practically a starter. And also to increase the team's overall speed. An added bonus for Arenas on top of probably being on the field a lot in defense for tackles, and his return numbers, is that he is a good blitzer as was seen during his time at Bama and early on in training camp for KC. I believe it was Haley, or one of the coaches, who referred to Arenas as "our McCluster on defense".As for AOA, I was reading at http://www.idpguru.com/2010/08/2010-idp-return-men.html and he had this to say
I saw a report on ESPN that stated CJ Spiller was going to be the first team RB as well as handle all kickoff duties... Which seems VERY odd to me. Granted, Spiller is a rare talent, but why risk your 1st rounder back there getting killed??
MJD did a lot of returning for a couple of years and he never got hurt. So did Adrian Peterson and Jonathan Stewart.
Fair points - I remember MJD being the top returner, but don't recall stewart or ADP doing it -- were they pressed into duty. Regardless, I do think it goes against conventional wisdom to put your top draft pick and #1RB returning kicks - even if they would be a little better at it than the current person.Jayrod said:
It seems to be the trend to ease the RB into service on offense, but use returns as a way to get the ball into the hands of a playmaker without risking them blowing a pass protection and getting the QB killed.Stewart did a lot of returning, but Peterson just did it for a couple of games. In both cases they had another back they were splitting time with on offense. It wasn't a desperation move where they just had noone else to do the returns....they did it to try and get more use out of their most athletic players.
Who says getting injured returning kicks is any more likely than getting injured in any other play?Maybe there's something to what you're saying, but I don't think returning kicks is any more dangerous than running the ball against an NFL defense. This is especially true with the rule changes to defending the run back in recent years (no more wedge formations). If he can help the team in that capacity, by all means, put him out there.
do you remember reggie bush returning punts?I think it's stranger that they'd have revis return kicks.
cant find the link, but so far Kyle is handling punts while Brad Smith is still returning kicks.
3/82 yards on Friday. Also a 99-yard KR TD which was called back on a holding that didn't affect the play.Will be interesting to see how he plays in the defense.
