RedRedJarvisRedwine Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Sadly our best kick returner(not punt returner) is playing QB! Quote Link to comment
IllinoisHuskerFan Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 I wouldnt be to worried about this as 70-80-% of kickoffs are touchbacks anyway, especially early in the year when its warm out.... If anything find a punt returner. I think we should start with someone who can catch the ball and then we can worry about whom is the best returner with the best speed. Pretty minor if you ask me... Quote Link to comment
kchusker_chris Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Sadly our best kick returner(not punt returner) is playing QB! who's that? I've never seen any of our QBs return a kick so no idea what you're talking about. Quote Link to comment
HuskerNationNick Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Sadly our best kick returner(not punt returner) is playing QB! who's that? I've never seen any of our QBs return a kick so no idea what you're talking about. I was wondering the same thing. If he means Martinez, I will pass. We don't need someone with fumbling issues returning punts lol. I like Martinez and all, but it would be a Niles Paul reoccurring nightmare. Quote Link to comment
RedRedJarvisRedwine Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Sadly our best kick returner(not punt returner) is playing QB! who's that? I've never seen any of our QBs return a kick so no idea what you're talking about. I was wondering the same thing. If he means Martinez, I will pass. We don't need someone with fumbling issues returning punts lol. I like Martinez and all, but it would be a Niles Paul reoccurring nightmare. I said no punts. I think he gets a shot returning kicks in the NFL. Less shiftiness needed to return kicks compared to punts. Get up to speed and go! I think he could be pretty good at it. I'm not suggesting he does it for NU. Oh and it's not a stretch to say he could be the best on our team. Unless you forget the turd sandwich that was our return game last year. Quote Link to comment
HuskerNationNick Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 I said no punts. I think he gets a shot returning kicks in the NFL. Less shiftiness needed to return kicks compared to punts. Get up to speed and go! I think he could be pretty good at it. I'm not suggesting he does it for NU. Oh and it's not a stretch to say he could be the best on our team. Unless you forget the turd sandwich that was our return game last year. I wouldn't be surprised if he played Special Teams in the NFL, but you didn't state anything along those lines on your initial post Turd sandwich who was our return game last year? Abdullah, Turner, Bell, Marlowe? Those are the main people I remember returning kicks... Quote Link to comment
kchusker_chris Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 I said no punts. I think he gets a shot returning kicks in the NFL. Less shiftiness needed to return kicks compared to punts. Get up to speed and go! I think he could be pretty good at it. I'm not suggesting he does it for NU. Oh and it's not a stretch to say he could be the best on our team. Unless you forget the turd sandwich that was our return game last year. I wouldn't be surprised if he played Special Teams in the NFL, but you didn't state anything along those lines on your initial post Turd sandwich who was our return game last year? Abdullah, Turner, Bell, Marlowe? Those are the main people I remember returning kicks... that's who I remember as well - and turd sandwhich is probably a pretty accurate description. first time in years i've held my breath, closed my eyes and asked my wife to tell me what happened after nearly every punt/kick. (sometimes she'd wait too long and i'd pass out - not sure if that was the large quantities of alcohol that it took to make it through last season, or the lack of oxygen - either way, b!tch move on her part) Quote Link to comment
RedRedJarvisRedwine Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 You know you've lost the coaches trust as a unit when you have to put your 20+ carry a game all everything RB in the game just to catch the damn ball! Quote Link to comment
ObamaRocks91 Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 I said no punts. I think he gets a shot returning kicks in the NFL. Less shiftiness needed to return kicks compared to punts. Get up to speed and go! I think he could be pretty good at it. I'm not suggesting he does it for NU. Oh and it's not a stretch to say he could be the best on our team. Unless you forget the turd sandwich that was our return game last year. I wouldn't be surprised if he played Special Teams in the NFL, but you didn't state anything along those lines on your initial post Turd sandwich who was our return game last year? Abdullah, Turner, Bell, Marlowe? Those are the main people I remember returning kicks... NFL teams are allowed to have 45 active players on a gameday roster. It is HIGHLY unlikely a team carries a kick return specialist. This is even more unlikely since the kickoff changes and now nearly 50% of kickoffs are even returned. His only chance would be if he proved to be able to make a team as a 4th or 5th wide receiver and they happen to put him back to return kicks Quote Link to comment
Roger Dorn Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 I said no punts. I think he gets a shot returning kicks in the NFL. Less shiftiness needed to return kicks compared to punts. Get up to speed and go! I think he could be pretty good at it. I'm not suggesting he does it for NU. Oh and it's not a stretch to say he could be the best on our team. Unless you forget the turd sandwich that was our return game last year. I wouldn't be surprised if he played Special Teams in the NFL, but you didn't state anything along those lines on your initial post Turd sandwich who was our return game last year? Abdullah, Turner, Bell, Marlowe? Those are the main people I remember returning kicks... NFL teams are allowed to have 45 active players on a gameday roster. It is HIGHLY unlikely a team carries a kick return specialist. This is even more unlikely since the kickoff changes and now nearly 50% of kickoffs are even returned. His only chance would be if he proved to be able to make a team as a 4th or 5th wide receiver and they happen to put him back to return kicks A lot of NFL teams actually have return specialists. Josh Cribbs, Trindon Holliday, Devin Hester pretty much is, Denard Robinson could find himself in one of those roles as well. Quote Link to comment
HuskerNationNick Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 NFL teams are allowed to have 45 active players on a gameday roster. It is HIGHLY unlikely a team carries a kick return specialist. This is even more unlikely since the kickoff changes and now nearly 50% of kickoffs are even returned. His only chance would be if he proved to be able to make a team as a 4th or 5th wide receiver and they happen to put him back to return kicks Are you serious? Bill Belichic was one of the first coaches to draft a player JUST for special teams. There are quite a few that do now. Like the Redskins, Texans and Browns. Like Roger Dorn said above, Holliday is a perfect example. More and more teams will continue to draft for JUST return specialists. Quote Link to comment
ObamaRocks91 Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 I said no punts. I think he gets a shot returning kicks in the NFL. Less shiftiness needed to return kicks compared to punts. Get up to speed and go! I think he could be pretty good at it. I'm not suggesting he does it for NU. Oh and it's not a stretch to say he could be the best on our team. Unless you forget the turd sandwich that was our return game last year. I wouldn't be surprised if he played Special Teams in the NFL, but you didn't state anything along those lines on your initial post Turd sandwich who was our return game last year? Abdullah, Turner, Bell, Marlowe? Those are the main people I remember returning kicks... NFL teams are allowed to have 45 active players on a gameday roster. It is HIGHLY unlikely a team carries a kick return specialist. This is even more unlikely since the kickoff changes and now nearly 50% of kickoffs are even returned. His only chance would be if he proved to be able to make a team as a 4th or 5th wide receiver and they happen to put him back to return kicks A lot of NFL teams actually have return specialists. Josh Cribbs, Trindon Holliday, Devin Hester pretty much is, Denard Robinson could find himself in one of those roles as well. Cribbs and Hester are the "4th or 5th WR" I referred to. They are known for their return game but both are effective WR and aren't exclusively returners. Holliday is a perfect example of an exclusive return man, yes. But that is 1 out of 1700 players in the league, which leads to the "highly unlikely" probability I was referring to. Quote Link to comment
QMany Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Martinez is fast, but he isn't Holliday fast. That dude can FLY, like Olympic Time Trials FLY. I can see Martinez trying to become like Cribbs, a fourth or fifth receiver and maybe do special teams. Quote Link to comment
ObamaRocks91 Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 NFL teams are allowed to have 45 active players on a gameday roster. It is HIGHLY unlikely a team carries a kick return specialist. This is even more unlikely since the kickoff changes and now nearly 50% of kickoffs are even returned. His only chance would be if he proved to be able to make a team as a 4th or 5th wide receiver and they happen to put him back to return kicks Are you serious? Bill Belichic was one of the first coaches to draft a player JUST for special teams. There are quite a few that do now. Like the Redskins, Texans and Browns. Like Roger Dorn said above, Holliday is a perfect example. More and more teams will continue to draft for JUST return specialists. New England's kick returner last year was their best DB, Devin McCourty. Browns have their 2nd best WR. Redskins, Brandon Banks (I will give you that one). Texans, Jacoby Jones (their 2nd or 3rd WR). As I said above, 2 or 3 players (Banks, Holliday, and maybe one other one who I'm not aware of) doesn't make Taylor's chances likely. I said it's unlikely which doesn't make me incorrect. Quote Link to comment
HuskerNationNick Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 NFL teams are allowed to have 45 active players on a gameday roster. It is HIGHLY unlikely a team carries a kick return specialist. This is even more unlikely since the kickoff changes and now nearly 50% of kickoffs are even returned. His only chance would be if he proved to be able to make a team as a 4th or 5th wide receiver and they happen to put him back to return kicks New England's kick returner last year was their best DB, Devin McCourty. Browns have their 2nd best WR. Redskins, Brandon Banks (I will give you that one). Texans, Jacoby Jones (their 2nd or 3rd WR). As I said above, 2 or 3 players (Banks, Holliday, and maybe one other one who I'm not aware of) doesn't make Taylor's chances likely. I said it's unlikely which doesn't make me incorrect. More and more teams will be doing this. This is only the beginning. Of course, they are going to be labled as a WR, or a DB, but their main reason for being on the roster, is for a Return Specialist. There is a reason you don't see some of those guys on offense. There isn't a spot on the roster, that you check for return specialist. They have to be categorized under a skilled position. Taylor will be most likely listed as a WR, but will be mainly a return specialist, if that is what he agrees to be drafted as, or play as in the NFL. As far as he is concerned, he would like to play QB at the next level, which isn't going to happen. Quote Link to comment
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