I caught over 100 punts in camp, that's not an excuse anymore

[AceMan]

"Give him time" is the new "Best chance to win" or "Took us to the Super Bowl"

[PantherBob]

LOL! Its amazing that so many people are still defending AE. He was a bust the second the panthers gave up a 2nd round pick for him.

[Hairless Cat]

Moore fumbled his return and Captain muffed a return too. The whole team isn't doing to well on ST right now.

thank you

[Anybodyhome]

Why has Dwayne Jarrett never gotten the benefit of the doubt Edwards getting?

[MadHatter]

Yep fair call and catch should have happened there. AE is completely to blame, totally catch-able ball, from the view of lower level 50 yard line anyway.

Nice way to slip in your awesome seats there

[MadHatter]

LOL! Its amazing that so many people are still defending AE. He was a bust the second the panthers gave up a 2nd round pick for him.

Yawn.......

[Sloth]

Why has Dwayne Jarrett never gotten the benefit of the doubt Edwards getting?

Because their situations are only comparable if you've smoked a hefty bag full of weed?

[PantherBob]

Yawn.......

Yeah, watching your boy AE put me to sleep too.

[CharlotteBeer.com]

Why has Dwayne Jarrett never gotten the benefit of the doubt Edwards getting?

It might have something to do with this being Jarrett's fourth year in the NFL playing a position he played in college. Just a guess.

[Anybodyhome]

Nope, Jarrett never caught a break as a rookie- that was my point. But being as I'm an admitted USC homer, I'll explain why the two situations are very similar in nature. WRs at USC do one thing- catch passes. They are not conditioned nor are they playing a position to block in Pete Carroll's schemes. WRs at USC may decoy, they may drag defenders all the way down the field and they may run the occasional pick play, but they are there for one reason- run routes and catch passes.

So, when Jarrett gets drafted and has to learn all the ancillary stuff on top of catching passes against bigger, better and faster athletes than the college opponents he faced, the uneducated fan then calls him a bust.

Armanti Edwards, please pick up the white courtesy phone...

[Ohio]

Nope, Jarrett never caught a break as a rookie- that was my point.

He was also placed on the inactive list for half the year because of "performance" aka he sucked. I havent given Edwards any breaks, but until he screws up in regular season games, he hasnt been as bad as Jarrett his rookie year

[Harpua08]

AE is lacking confidence.. I've seen what he's worth when his confidence is peaking. I loved watching him in the 4th quarter and you can just tell by his demeanor he couldnt be stopped.

As for the pr job, it should be Captain's without a doubt. You have to have that kind of attitude to be successful at that position. Look at Desean Jackson, polar opposites from AE.

People still think its crazy to put him under center for specific plays, but he should... There's a reason he only worked out with the qb's at the combine, when every scout and expert told him not to. He needs at least a few reps back there, so maybe during the season they can be confident with Moore and Clausen, then AE as 3rd qb.

[Wither]

Edwards muffs a punt or two = forum explodes.

Munnerlyn and Moore both cough it up = forum ignores.

[top dawg]

It's preseason, and thus it doesn't matter. I really, really doubt Fox lets Armanti return in the regular season if he doesn't get this corrected. Remember Goodson? He muffed one or two and didn't see the field the rest of the season.

I don't see why so many are angry toward Armanti. The man didn't ask the front office to give up a pick to take him and then convert him to a returner and receiver. He's going to take some time to develop. I personally don't think he needs to return at all this year -- it's possible we could work him in as a receiver every now and then. But that's exactly what I expected when we drafted him.

Right. Some Huddlers are living in a dream world. When I first heard that they were going to try and convert Armanti Edwards to a punt returner, I was like "Well...OK...???" I really didn't think that it was a good idea, but perhaps they knew something that I didn't. Being a return man is a different animal. I don't think that it is something that can be taught. Either you have it, or you don't. In my opinion it is something that comes naturally. Good receivers don't always make good return men (Smitty has obviously spoiled some of you).

On the flipside, an athlete with good hands can be taught to be a receiver because that is mostly a matter of learning routes, getting in good position, and separating from your defender, etc. Being that Edwards is a natural QB (being on the other side of the pass), this should facilitate his conversion to a WR, because he probably already thinks like a QB , if you get what I'm saying.

And, of course, if he thinks like a QB, and is a great athlete as many have purported him to be (so much so that it was his ticket to the NFL), then it would be quite logical for him to run the wildcat formation and/or run a few gadget plays as a WR (similar to the way the Steelers used Randle El a few years ago).

Exploiting Edwards' athleticism as a slot receiver---possibly more depending upon his natrual receiving ability---and using him in the wildcat makes sense,

but it's going to take a little time to iron the kinks out, so give the kid a break.

If the coaches and Armanti can get themselves on this page, and stop trying to force the man to be a returner, then his upside and value would probably become more balanced, and in turn become more palatable to all you whiners that just need to get over the fact that we gave up such a high pick for him.

BTW, all of you whiners need to get over the OC spending what appears to be a little high on Edwards at the moment because overall it looks like we have gotten more than our moneys worth from other picks like Hardy and E. Moore, Fiammetta, our TEs, and so much of our young talent.