Darius Phillips to IR

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(09-26-2019, 12:50 PM)ochocincos Wrote: Curious to know the reason Erickson was removed from KR duties this year.
I thought originally it was to get Erickson more offensive snaps but he's only taken 33 offensive snaps through 3 games.
That makes me think that while Erickson has been a good overall returner, he's not as much of a threat to flip the field or take it to the house.
Darius Phillips had that ability. John Ross was an elite KR in college too and obviously has the home run threat ability, so he might be used in the KR role with Phillips gone but I doubt it since the team likely wouldn't want to risk his health.

Erickson has been decent in KR. His average per return was 4th and 6th in '16 and '18 but dropped to around 16th in '17. He has a lot of yards but that's due to a high number of chances and a good number of 40+ yd returns. He's second in total KRs since 2016 with 101, 10 behind Andre Roberts from the Jets. 

He's a good returner, but i'd agree that he doesn't have the potential that Phillips has shown.