05-07-2019, 06:40 PM
(05-07-2019, 06:36 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Erickson is a very good return man. He has twice finished in the top 5 in the league kick return average (2nd in 2016, 5th in 2018), and he finished 8th in punt return average in 2018.
But the people that don't like him will never give him any credit. I think it is another case of "highlight deception" like we see with QBs throwing deep passes. Fans see a bunch of highlights of QBs completing deep passes and they think every QB in the league is completing a high percentage of deep passes. This leads to them ripping oin Dalton for not completing a high percentage of deep passes when in fact he does as good or better than most QBs in the league. Same thing with guys returning punts/kicks for tds. Fans only see the good ones in highlights and don't see all the poor ones.
So you can complain all you want about how Erickson is not any good, but the production numbers show he is good. And EVERY return man needs some good blocking to post a high average.
I think he's the Andy Dalton of punt returners. Consistently good, but you know there are people out there with higher ceilings.
