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Is there a scenario in which we get to keep Byrd?


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5 hours ago, Ludwig23 said:

Screw Byrd he had one good game 

yeah and that was like week 14. His best game ever was 4 games ago(technically) Why would you cut a 25 year old guy in his prime? this year is the best byrd will ever be. I just loved seeing him take one to the house on tampa last year, and with the new return rules he could be even deadlier.

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6 hours ago, steven8989 said:

Yeah let Smith take up a roster spot for maybe two tds all year, that's smart. When we have a young guy like Bryd that can do returns and can play wr and score more tds. We have some dumb people on this site.

Says a guy defending a guy who thinks he’s another guy,...

how many catches and yards has Byrd had now in the 3 years since he signed as an UDFA on a team with the weakest receiving corps in the league since 2015?

damn, if he couldn’t get more than than with the weak competition he had to get on the field, what does everyone that keeps defending him think they are going to see?

he got his chance to start last year after 3 years,.. and that lasted about 3 seconds before IR.

Torreys bad year last year was still 600 yards on the season and had more yards in the playoffs than Damiere had in 3 years,.. 

 

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4 hours ago, Moo Daeng said:

I dont understand the fascination with a receiver who barely made a wr roster that was barren of talent.

For me, it's because I think him barely making the roster is less an evaluation on him, and more on the coaches.

For instance, in Smitty's first season he played fifteen games, and caught ten passes for 154 yards. Our leading receiver that year was Donald Hayes who had 597 yards. Of our receiving core that year, only Moose and Smitty went on to have more than 2,000 receiving yards in their careers. There's not a soul who could convince me that, in his rookie year, Smitty shouldn't have gotten more catches/targets.

Another example. The Panthers had Michael Palardy on the roster in 2016. They released him in June, and traded a fourth round pick to acquire Andy Lee in August. Three months later, Lee gets hurt, Palardy takes over, and beats Lee for the role of punter in the 2017 offseason. You'd be hard pressed to convince me that Palardy improved so much in the five months after he was released, that we couldn't have just kept him on our roster to begin with and saved ourselves a draft pick.

Teams overlook talent for all kinds of reasons.

Obviously, Byrd isn't Smitty, but my point is that just because a guy doesn't make the roster or doesn't get a lot of opportunity doesn't mean that he doesn't have equal or more talent than the guys who do. Byrd has shown good (if not great) hands, quickness, long speed, big play ability, and a willingness to block. The only thing he really seems to lack is experience, but that's his catch-22.

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5 hours ago, Moo Daeng said:

I dont understand the fascination with a receiver who barely made a wr roster that was barren of talent.

He was on fire at the end of last season before he got hurt. We saw what he did to the Packers and he had caught a deep pass against the Bucs too before he got hurt.

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7 hours ago, JARROD said:

Says a guy defending a guy who thinks he’s another guy,...

how many catches and yards has Byrd had now in the 3 years since he signed as an UDFA on a team with the weakest receiving corps in the league since 2015?

damn, if he couldn’t get more than than with the weak competition he had to get on the field, what does everyone that keeps defending him think they are going to see?

he got his chance to start last year after 3 years,.. and that lasted about 3 seconds before IR.

Torreys bad year last year was still 600 yards on the season and had more yards in the playoffs than Damiere had in 3 years,.. 

 

Opportunities!  What u just said is the reason you keep him UFDA that has worked and earned his way up the food chain. He is young and driven. Injuries happen and maybe thats behind him. He has the it factor it showed. Injury can happen to anyone look at Samuels. He came back better and so has Byrd. You want guys that are hungry.  I rather trust what I see than maybe speculation that he may get hurt cause thats anybody that plays the game. Plus I wouldn't want to keep giving away talent after I nutured it into manifestation.

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Ppl still wanting to keep CAP for the 10 carries he’ll have this season are funny... Ben Jacobs with 3 tackles and an assist is considered more valuable then Byrd lol.. & Brian Cox is a Defensive End & he better make this roster he’s a way better specials teamer then Ben Jacobs (he had some big blocks and escorted Byrd on his kick return TD) some stiff like Ben Jacobs won’t make any other 53s but ours cause we kiss azz.... also consider keeping Gunter because he can play safety and is a good back up for bradberry.... I’m gone mannn

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8 hours ago, Darvinsun said:

Opportunities!  What u just said is the reason you keep him UFDA that has worked and earned his way up the food chain. He is young and driven. Injuries happen and maybe thats behind him. He has the it factor it showed. Injury can happen to anyone look at Samuels. He came back better and so has Byrd. You want guys that are hungry.  I rather trust what I see than maybe speculation that he may get hurt cause thats anybody that plays the game. Plus I wouldn't want to keep giving away talent after I nutured it into manifestation.

Bingo 

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