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<blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 779159"><p>Referring to pro-football-reference.com's college stats section, I find the following college punt / KO return career stats:</p><p></p><p>Jones: 0 punts/ 0 KOs, evidently never returned a kick of any kind in college</p><p>Rollins: ditto; I had forgotten he only played one year of college football, switching from basketball</p><p>Jackson: 5 for 36 yds on punts/ 0 KOs</p><p>Moore: 0 / 0, another zero return experience guy</p><p>Hawkins: 0 / 0, ditto</p><p></p><p><strong>Alexander: 43 / 424 yds on punts/ </strong>0 KOs; quite a bit of punt return work as a freshman and sophomore; only one return as a junior</p><p>St. Brown: 0 / 0; we've heard tales that daddy would not allow him to play special teams</p><p>M. V-S: 0 punts/ 2 for 29 yds on KOs; next to no experience</p><p>Allison: 0 / 0; nada</p><p>Pipkins: nada</p><p>Clark: nada</p><p>King: nada</p><p>Goodson: 0 punts / 5 KOs for 149 yards; good numbers but not much to go on</p><p>Williams: nada</p><p>Mays: nada</p><p></p><p>Alexander aside, If you threw 14 darts at a list of the last 2 years junior and senior WR/DB/RB pro prospects 100 times you might not find so little collective return experience. It's as though the Packers have conciously omiitted those talents from consideration in the evaluation process.</p><p></p><p>A seemingly forgotten fact about Davis in this conversation: he was the KO man last season, accounting for 31 of 35 returns averaging 22.8 yds.</p><p></p><p>So, the question becomes, as is so often the case, "who else ya got?" Alexander or Cobb for punts? Nothing I'd want to see. KOs? Montgomery seems to be the only viable option and that's not all that great an idea given his propensity for injury..</p><p></p><p>Will somebody else with zero or near zero college or pro experience come out of the woodwork and do better than Davis? Highly unlikely. Sign a free agent return specialist? If the Packers were looking to go away from Davis, in the draft or FA, it would have happened by now. There were lots of low round picks this year to go grab one at least to compete.</p><p></p><p>I come to what some might find a shocking conclusion: the Packers have already committed to Davis as the de facto punt and KO return specialist. <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/eek.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" data-shortname=":eek:" /> And just think...with Janis gone, it's now 1 WR postion dedicated to special teams duty instead of 2. Win, win, right?</p><p></p><p>Trevor Davis: find the love in your heart. <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HardRightEdge, post: 779159"] Referring to pro-football-reference.com's college stats section, I find the following college punt / KO return career stats: Jones: 0 punts/ 0 KOs, evidently never returned a kick of any kind in college Rollins: ditto; I had forgotten he only played one year of college football, switching from basketball Jackson: 5 for 36 yds on punts/ 0 KOs Moore: 0 / 0, another zero return experience guy Hawkins: 0 / 0, ditto [B]Alexander: 43 / 424 yds on punts/ [/B]0 KOs; quite a bit of punt return work as a freshman and sophomore; only one return as a junior St. Brown: 0 / 0; we've heard tales that daddy would not allow him to play special teams M. V-S: 0 punts/ 2 for 29 yds on KOs; next to no experience Allison: 0 / 0; nada Pipkins: nada Clark: nada King: nada Goodson: 0 punts / 5 KOs for 149 yards; good numbers but not much to go on Williams: nada Mays: nada Alexander aside, If you threw 14 darts at a list of the last 2 years junior and senior WR/DB/RB pro prospects 100 times you might not find so little collective return experience. It's as though the Packers have conciously omiitted those talents from consideration in the evaluation process. A seemingly forgotten fact about Davis in this conversation: he was the KO man last season, accounting for 31 of 35 returns averaging 22.8 yds. So, the question becomes, as is so often the case, "who else ya got?" Alexander or Cobb for punts? Nothing I'd want to see. KOs? Montgomery seems to be the only viable option and that's not all that great an idea given his propensity for injury.. Will somebody else with zero or near zero college or pro experience come out of the woodwork and do better than Davis? Highly unlikely. Sign a free agent return specialist? If the Packers were looking to go away from Davis, in the draft or FA, it would have happened by now. There were lots of low round picks this year to go grab one at least to compete. I come to what some might find a shocking conclusion: the Packers have already committed to Davis as the de facto punt and KO return specialist. :eek: And just think...with Janis gone, it's now 1 WR postion dedicated to special teams duty instead of 2. Win, win, right? Trevor Davis: find the love in your heart. ;) [/QUOTE]
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