Man, looking at that pic of Nick Collins make me miss the hell out of him. I think people sometimes forget just how good he was and I honestly believe you could have been as good as he wanted to be. Sure hope the young man is doing well in his post-football life. The Holliday comment by Vrill is an interesting one. That kid is electric but I am not sure the Packers brass feel the need to make that drastic of a move considering he would bring nothing else to the table and we know that if need be DuJuan could step in and help out in the run game. Maybe it is what it is and DH is the man for the rest of the year. Hopefully I can eat a big bowl of crow after this Bills game and he breaks off a big one. Like I said I was just wondering if I was the only one surprised by the lack of explosive plays on KOR. I like DuJuan and sure as hell hope he can break off a few nice returns for us down the stretch because as I mentioned field position is always important especially come PO time. If we happen to meet up with the Hawks (I feel we will...) again I guarantee you that every yard extra we get will be needed! GPG!
Harris seems to have the energy. As an RB when playing, his vision was great. Not sure if the lack of breaking a big one is a function of not visualizing lanes or the blocking schemes not creating them.
Kickoff returns are a team effort.
Ball security is more important to MM than the potential to gain extra yards. Rodgers and Lacy can get the yards, the Packers just need to make sure that the ball makes it into their hands every time.
Yes, yes it is a team effort. That's why I am asking if another member of the team could do a better job. Maybe it is the blocking but it appears to me that when there is a hole he isn't exactly attacking it. Just wondering if I am the only one surprised by the lack of explosive plays on KO and if so who others would like to see get a shot. DH has proven to be ball secure which is obviously a key component to being a successful returner.
IMO there wasn't a snowballs chance that TT would pick a pure KR in the top 3 rounds to only do that job. He already had Harris, Franklin (unjured hopefully) and Cobb for the role. Plus a few practice guys that turned out to be just camp bodies. Also later in the draft is usually where return guys are selected. As a returner was the only way Abby made the roster this year.
FYI: There are some more comments regarding this topic on the forum home page under "Time to Reevaluate the KO Return Job". I posed a similar question earlier this week so it seems I wasn't the only one wondering if someone else could provide more of a spark. G P G!
