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Demetres Samuel Jr

Think he's too valuable to be returning kicks.
I've never understood this take. Did we think this with Marvin Harrison or Quinton Spotwood? Did Michigan think it with Desmond Howard or Charles Woodson? Did Alabama think it with Devonta Smith?

Playmakers have to be on the field to make plays, and special team returns are the place where you can guarantee your playmaker gets the ball with the chance to make a play.
 
I've never understood this take. Did we think this with Marvin Harrison or Quinton Spotwood? Did Michigan think it with Desmond Howard or Charles Woodson? Did Alabama think it with Devonta Smith?

Playmakers have to be on the field to make plays, and special team returns are the place where you can guarantee your playmaker gets the ball with the chance to make a play.
Alabama did this with Jaylen waddle and he was out for the whole year after getting hurt.
 
Alabama did this with Jaylen waddle and he was out for the whole year after getting hurt.
Quinton Spotwood got hurt catching a pass and was out fr the whole year. Should we not have used him at WR? Should we have told Angeli not to scramble? That's when he got hurt. It's football. Guys can get hurt on any play.

As a punt returner he has the choice to avoid big hits by fair catching it. Once he starts running, it's not that different than sending him on a crossing pattern where a safety can light him up. Players need and want to play.
 

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