08-18-2015, 12:11 AM
Beaker Wrote:I have no problem with him replacing Peerman on the team. Every year Peerman looks great in pre-season....but thats about it. I'm sure if given the chance, Watson could pick up Peerman's slack on ST too.
(08-17-2015, 11:54 PM)NATI BENGALS Wrote: If Hill were to go down who is our bruiser? Burkhead hasn't played much and he always seems to get dinged up. Gio isn't a bellcow. And Peerman has peaked.
Small sample size but Watson looked very nice. After putting up crazy numbers in college and then that performance in the first preseason game he doesn't seem like he is out of his league. If he keeps it up I will be mad if we let him get off the 53.
We have Darqueze and Shaw to be gunners on special teams. If Peerman had return skills I wouldn't mind keeping him. But he doesn't and IMO its time to move on. We kept Reggie Kelly too long because he was the locker room preacher. We kept Geathers too long because he was the locker room preacher. Now we are keeping Peerman too long because he is the locker room preacher. Doing that never won us anything. We have leaders. And we have plenty of guys who can make tackles on special teams.
We need Watson or Wilder on the roster if we want a competent big back to fall back on for emergency purposes if we plan on riding Hill hard.
Great points. I think people are really sleeping on him. If he puts up a couple more performances like he did against the G-Men, and Cedric Peerman continues to not do much of anything, I believe he absolutely deserves to make the roster. Unless, like I said, he's the Tebow of running backs, showing nothing in practice or other facets of being an RB but stepping it up in random games. Peerman, we thank you for your service, but we should stop giving "good guy loyalty award" scholarships and keep talent that actually flashes, has a chance to be a viable backup, and is younger/cheaper to boot. You've been on scholarship too long and it's time to get someone who can actually tote the rock a little, if only to spell Hill a little as the "bell cow" in games that aren't close. We're deep enough that we have talented first rounders who primarily do special teams duty.
