Simmons on punt returners

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(06-16-2021, 03:13 PM)GreenCornBengal Wrote: Why does Brandon Wilson get overlooked for punt returns? Want him fresh for kickoffs? Just seems strange.

2 anecdotal stories; one came from someone who went to TC and saw him muff almost all of the punts he had a chance at (in 2019, hence why he hasn't even tried the past 2 years), the other came from another coach (for some strange reason, I remember it being Callahan, but I may be completely wrong) saying that it's a different beast that needs to catch punts and that Wilson is more-suited to KOs.

I think it's why very few guys in NFL history who have done both consistently, were actually good at both (Hester, Mitchell, Milburn, Deion, for example).

Cordarelle Patterson can't do punts either, neither can:

- Tony Pollard
- Boston Scott
- Dion Lewis
- Corey Ballentine
- Joe Reed
- Danny Johnson

All their teams' top guys in returns last year, that had 1 or less punts.

You also see the inverse, though not as often:

- Hunter Renfroe
- James Proche
- Greg Ward
- Peppers
- Christian Kirk
- Lamb

All their respective teams' top PR guys, had 1 or less KRs, last year.