2010 preseason 53-man roster prediction

Yes, he can do it, in the basic sense. But can he really do it? Cobbs' ran a 4.68 pre-draft, and it's now several years and a torn ACL later. He averages 20 yds per return oover his career. Can we afford to have a return man who averages the same as a kneel down in the end zone? If your 53 is correct, I certainly hope Nolan Carroll makes some noise on returns in the preseason, and yanks the job from Patrick.

Good article. Thanks.

Dan
Thebottlenose.com

Tofu Dan wrote:Yes, he can do it, in the basic sense. But can he really do it? Cobbs' ran a 4.68 pre-draft, and it's now several years and a torn ACL later. He averages 20 yds per return oover his career. Can we afford to have a return man who averages the same as a kneel down in the end zone? If your 53 is correct, I certainly hope Nolan Carroll makes some noise on returns in the preseason, and yanks the job from Patrick.

Good article. Thanks.

Dan
Thebottlenose.com

No I don't necessarily think Cobbs is a good returner. Bess is a below average punt returner. My point was that for someone like Davis, that won't play offense, he can't just be better than Cobbs or Bess as a returner. He has to be SO much better that the Dolphins are willing to use another roster spot on him. The Dolphins can rationalize downgrading their return game if they can use a roster spot that helps elsewhere, so someone like Davis has to make themselves indispensable.

If Donald Thomas gets cut it will force me to reevaluated the validity of the Universe. Not because I'm such a Thomas fan but because the prediction is so out-of-this-world, bizarro-world strange. Roberto Wallace is too good to try to get through wavers, so there has to be a decision made how to keep him on the team. I always though Murtha was a good pickup but you might be right.