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Message: [QUOTE="Melancer46, post: 3214131, member: 1674"] He's honestly been pretty good returning kicks; it just isn't worth very much. Per Football Outsiders, Buffalo has the 5th best kick return game in the league; that's awesome, but it's only worth 4.7 points above the league average over 13 games so far this season. Add in the punt return game which is like 0.1 points above the league average and we're talking about 0.36 points per game above the league average. Or if you'd like to compare us to the worst team in the league (Dallas), we're talking about a difference of 0.93 points per game. Using a roster spot on a guy that's purely a kick returner is basically worth as much as using a roster spot on a kickoff specialist, which we already lived through with Rex. I'm not really sure if Duke is good enough to care all that much in this case, but I think it's at least conceivable that his ability to make contested catches would be worth more than 0.93 points per game. [/QUOTE]