Do You Honestly Believe Byrd and Samuel Can Stay Healthy for An Entire Season?

[Pantha-kun]

I've had this thought in the back of my mind pretty much this entire offseason. Theres no questioning that last season, when these dudes were actually on the field they both have rare speed and natural playmaking ability. But the most key factor will be, will they be able to stay healthy?

Because if they do, that would mean we really dont have to spend a high pick or hardly any picks in the draft at WR and we'd have at least 3 dudes on the roster you just KNOW can seperate from defenders on any given play (Smith , Byrd, Samuel). But if they are largely injured again? That makes us rather thin again at WR unless we draft a good one. I think these two players are more meaningful than you might think.

Hell I dont even know if Samuel we be there for any of the pre season camps once again, missing his first two offseasons is critically bad for his development as a WR. I'm hoping hes at least healthy by the pre seasons start in August and he gets alot of reps there. And he really should b/c I imagine Funchess and Torrey Smith will not be wanting to play much in pre season.

[rico6]

All the while, one of the players is a converted college RB. 

I'm hopeful for Byrd, but Curtis..idk man should've just kept him as a Reggie Bush type.

[Swaggasaurus]

I felt from day one that Samuel was a head scratcher. Christian Mccaffrey lite and maybe we are playing both at the wrong spots 

[trucpfan]

Samuel is dependable looking at his college career Byrd I don't think so I'll give him 12 games on a good year. Hopefully last year was a redshirt season in a sense Samuel should be a key piece in slot etc.

[RumHam]

Nope. Byrd still hasn't proven he's a quality starter, either. A faster Bersin. He made the butt catch and can run back kicks. We shouldn't be depending on these two to contribute.

[top dawg]

2 minutes ago, rico6 said:

All the while, one of the players is a converted college RB. 

I'm hopeful for Byrd, but Curtis..idk man should've just kept him as a Reggie Bush type.

Byrd is the one you should be more worried about because he is small and injuries have included at least one concussion. 

Samuel had a hammy which the team was obviously being safe with,  but he had apparently  gotten over it (much like OBJ did during his rookie year).  The other injury was just one of those things.  His ankle got rolled up.  That poo happens.  

[Paa Langfart]

No

[Sir Purr]

Yes

[Adb6368]

Samuel will  be fine. Will end up being a stud.

Byrd I'm more cautious on. 

[TheRed]

I'm less concerned about Byrd because even if he doesn't work out we didn't have to use a draft pick to acquire him.

Samuel is a different story. He really needs some offseason progression, unfortunately that isn't going to happen this year.

[davos]

If we want to be in a good spot at WR, the idea should be that Funchess was our only commodity going into this offseason.  

We still need at least one more guy in there that's at least a Shepard-Plus.  Which shouldn't be hard to find.  

[Captain Obvious]

Si.

[LinvilleGorge]

7 minutes ago, RumHam said:

Nope. Byrd still hasn't proven he's a quality starter, either. A faster Bersin. He made the butt catch and can run back kicks. We shouldn't be depending on these two to contribute.

Quality STARTER? LOL! The guy barely has over 100 career receiving yards and has bounced on and off the roster. He hasn't proven much of anything yet.

[pantherclaw]

First, let's talk Samual. 

1 season of injuries doesn't tell you anything. 

So that's just the OP being a negative Nancy. 

Byrd has has some unfortunate injuries.  I don't see why he can't have a healthy season since we don't depend on him in a starting role.