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Punt Returner Free Agents


KillerKat

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Man, I'm glad I sent the night drinking instead of reading this dogpile. But, my 2 cents worth (Still worth 2 cents!)...

 

Philly B- He's learning. I can teach you how to catch and make good decisions, I can't teach you to be fast or quick.

 

Ted Ginn- He was great for us. He started out so great that Miami and SF didn't cut him. No, wait....

 

I wonder how Tavarres King can do on punts......

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Ginn wasn't a great returner for us.

Considering how good he was at it earlier in his career, I was honestly disappointed with him.

He was better than what we had for years, so it doesn't surprise me there are a few delusional fans thinking AZ will cut him.

Philly Brown is a rookie, and it was preseason.

I'm certainly not going to over react to it at this time.

He will get better fielding punts.

Fans think it's so easy. Even the pros have a muffed punt or two from time to time.

I'll certainly give hime the time to get better, and see how he does in regular season.

If we were going to cut players based on preseason performance, at least a quarter of our starting lineup would be cut. Including many fan favorites.

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I don't understand the Philly hate. He did the responsible thing tonight with most of his returns. There wasn't anything there and he didn't try to force anything.

He dropped another punt again. Something he had a problem with all training camp. I'm sorry if people are concerned about that.

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Currently Available:

 

- Jacoby Ford

- Darius Reynaud

- Josh Cribbs

- LaRod Stephens-Howling (injury concern)

- B W Webb

 

 

Potentially Available (with varying degrees of possibility):

 

- Leon Washington (Titans)

- Marc Mariani (Titans)

- Michael Campanaro (Ravens)

- Dane Sanzenbacher (Bengals)

- Taylor Gabriel (Browns)

- Chris Davis (Chargers)

- LaDarius Perkins (Packers)

 

Dare I say Santonio Holmes?  After last night, he may be potentially available.

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Just for the record, anyone who thinks Ted Ginn was a garbage returner...go look at last years numbers and compare them to 2012, 2011,2010 etc. 

 

All  that proves is that he was better than the heap of garbage we had in 2010-2012.  Not that he was a great returner for us.

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