12-29-2021, 05:58 PM
(12-29-2021, 05:36 PM)ochocincos Wrote: Well hot damn. I never bothered to look up back in that 2018 draft if Bates actually ever did returns. I just thought he was a good candidate at safety.
Apparently, Bates had 27 PRs across 24 games (2016-2017) for a 8.7 YPR and 1 TD. His average his final year was 17.9(!!!!)
Yeah, I knew Bates was a good Returner at Wake before we drafted him. This doesn't surprise me at all. Happy he is dropping
stuff in practice to get that out of his game in case we need him for the real thing if Taylor goes down or something else bad
happens. I would use Boyd first but i think Bates might be the bigger play Returner or even use Chris Evans.
Taylor should be getting return duties unless he gets hurt, this is just an insurance move. If we have a lead I like Boyd with his
sure hands where he just waves a fair catch if we need it.
