Xfactor Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 After seeing Adam Jennings on the sidelines today I felt a sense of relief. But that soon faded as I watched a nervous rookie Harry Douglas allowing one to bounce on the 30 yrd line only to roll to the 12 instead of calling for a fair catch. Then to see Finneran back there I just shook my head. Against better teams they will start to exploit this and we will find our self pinned deep in our own territory. Norwood isn't the answer since he is becoming more of a factor in the offense. I really don't know what the answer is but with the upcoming schedule we will need good field position against our competition. Here is hoping Harry Douglas can get comfortable back there quickly.Looking at next year this has to be a priority either through free agency or the draft. Any opinions on who is coming out of college or entering free agency you would love to see fielding our punts and solving our PR issue as Elam did with our FG's ?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edZep Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Shipley from Texas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenzy™® Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 theres probably one out there that we can sign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTCrunkler Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Shipley from Texasnice...he did have a good game....and btw, TX had a punter that got about 60 yards a punt!!pr/kr is such a vital part of the game, we need to have more emphasis on this, or like another poster said, good teams like the eagles will pounce all over it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atljbo Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Thomas Brown....... We will not draft a guy specically for returning punts but if a guy can play WR and PR or CB and PR.... He will do that...... But yea.... Dont forget about Thomas Brown tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTCrunkler Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Thomas Brown....... We will not draft a guy specically for returning punts but if a guy can play WR and PR or CB and PR.... He will do that...... But yea.... Dont forget about Thomas Brown thoforgive my ignorance, but where has he been this year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petrino is NOT my hero Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 forgive my ignorance, but where has he been this year?Injured Reserve.. but i DEF want to draft the guy from the University of North Carolina.. Tate.. dudes a beast.. or the guy from the University of Texas.. Jordan Shippley... id take either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck277 Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 forgive my ignorance, but where has he been this year?TB's been chillin' in IR... We'll see when OTAs begin to see if he's ok, but I'd like to spend at least a 2nd rounder on a KR/PK like Devin Hester was! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romfal Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Give Grimes a shot back there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayOzOne Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 How about Vick?j/k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Libid21 Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 we don't necessarily need to draft one.i won't give up on douglas yet. the raiders have one of the best punters in the league, so maybe it was because of efficient punting.it was douglas' first game returning punts, so yeha...and if we needed a PR, we can find one in the FA. not too many impressive PRs in the college game where we'd be in position to draft them. none are eye-popping. maybe malcolm jenkins or darius butler, but unless we want to reach for butler, we won't be able to draft him IMO because he will be gone by the time we pick in the second round. and malcolm jenkins i projected is a top 10 pick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atljbo Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 we could sign a depth guy like justin miller and he can return punts.........We will not draft a guy just to return punts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FAN_O_THE_ATL Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 CJ Spiller if he comes out and falls to the 3rd rd. Although in reality I bet a FA is signed instead unless Douglas tears it up in the 2nd half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick h Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 as a dawgs fan it pains me to say this but Brandon James from florida Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimusmc Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 thomas brownif the cheap horsecollar on him in pre-seaon, wed be set at PR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerFavoriteColo(u)r. Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 I wanna see Thomas Brown there next year. He can't be worse than Jennings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimusmc Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 as a dawgs fan it pains me to say this but Brandon James from floridano need, thomas brown will be what we need for PR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blizzard_falcon Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 I know a lot of people around here love Thomas Brown, but do you really think we'll keep four halfbacks on the team? Turner, Norwood, and Snelling are all locks... I just don't see room for Brown on the active roster. I think we're going to have to find our PR amongst our WRs or DBs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlabamaFalconFan Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 I don't think Jennings would not have made the team if Brown was not injured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falconsfan567 Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 as a dawgs fan it pains me to say this but Brandon James from floridaI have been saying that for a while now. Also he's a CB and would give us good depth there. No need to carry 4 RBs on the roster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miKevicK777 Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 we'll just use vick as our PR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossFALCON™ Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 we could sign a depth guy like justin miller and he can return punts.........We will not draft a guy just to return puntsyup. bucs tried that with dexter jackson. it has not worked out well AT ALL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falconsfan567 Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 yup. bucs tried that with dexter jackson. it has not worked out well AT ALL.But I don't think Jackson was a proven punt returner in college. :unsure: I could be wrong though. Brandon James is a proven punt returner. He has at least 4 return touchdowns in his career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fedexguy77 Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Shipley from TexasI agree i like that kid.....may be somebody we can get in a later round. I dont know what his draft stock is, but i think he could fill the role of PR and an aging B Finn... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRUNKuno Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 well, from what i saw and think, Oakland seemed to be kicking tha ball short on purpose. A lot of their punts were coming up short and taking beautiful bounces to get deep into our territory. I'd rather have us get tha ball deep in our territory than to give tha ball back to our opponents because of a fumbled punt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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