Alex Erickson

[BFritz21]

(08-16-2016, 10:49 AM)Sled21 Wrote: You saying "no one else gets a chance" is not correct. The coaches have been trying a lot of people returning. They either cannot do it, don't want to do it, or are not reliable enough catching the ball to supplant Tate. And if they can't do it in practice, they sure as hell can't do it in a game. As for kickoffs, you will see a lot of teams take the Simmons approach this year and tell the kicker to kick it short, because on touchbacks the ball no longer comes out to the 20, it comes out to the 25. Gunners are going to be trying to either tackle the returner short rather than give up a quarter fo the field. Sure handed returners are golden. Tate has proven to be just that.

They haven't been given a chance until this year to show anything in any real time game scenario, so where are you getting that they can't do it, don't want to do it, or are not reliable enough?

When have they been given a chance in the past?

In the preseason, other guys have returned and have done well, and I don't think anyone else has really been given a chance in past seasons (other than Jones, who is lots better), so how can you even say that?

It's like they're scared to give anyone else a chance other than Tate because they know that Tate would be cut.  We can't be keeping guys around just to protect their feelings.