Throwdowns > Closed

Lifer: Metallica Sucks! said 08/20, 01:07 PM
No, because this would be abused.

Let's look at my Bills. Their kick returner is Terrance McGee, who also happens to be the starting CB on the team. Their punt returner is Roscoe Parrish, who is the slot receiver (#3 receiver) on offense.

Now let's say these additional "Special Teams" roster spots are created. The Bills decide to place both McGee and Parrish into these roster spots. All of the sudden, the regular roster has two more open spots for whoever the Bills want.

This would all be fine and good, except that there are NO RULES on who has to play where. There is nothing holding the Bills back from still having the Bills play Terrance McGee at CB and Roscoe Parrish at WR. So the only thing that has changed now is the Bills have two extra roster spots.

Here's the deal: EVERY TEAM has to deal with these same roster situations. Every team has a returner that might take up a spot. If your team has trouble staying healthy, that's where FA and the practice squad come in. And you also might want to consider a new trainer.

Lifer: Metallica Sucks! said 08/20, 05:25 PM
So...they can ONLY play that Special Teams position?

That opens a whole new can of worms. How can the Bills put guys like McGee and Parrish on that list? All of the sudden, the Bills are out of a #1 CB and a #3 WR?

And even if they put cover specialists on that list, that still takes away a spot for, say, a backup WR or a backup LB, or a backup RB. Even if you re-sign new players to back up those roles, they probably aren't going to be as good as the backups you had, and you'd have to pay for more players than is allowed right now, which means some teams wouldn't have the cap room.

There's also the...well, pointlessness of the whole thing. What is the purpose of this? How does this help teams? You might as well just expand the roster instead of expand just a certain aspect.

It's also pointless in the sense that why are some Special Teams players going on the list but not all? This relates to my previous point of just expanding the roster instead of doing something like this.

And what urgent need is there of this? Teams are getting by just fine right now as far as special teams goes. All opening roster spaces does is limit certain players and water down the league.

Lifer: Metallica Sucks! said 08/20, 06:45 PM
YOU'RE an idiot if you think Parrish and McGee are just stopgaps. Parrish led the league last year in Punt Return average, and McGee has 5 career Kick Return TDs, not to mention a Pro Bowl appearance as a return man.

And there are other guys, like MJD and Wes Welker. Most other return men play another important role on their team, from backup RB (Rock Cartwright, Ahmad Bradshaw, Correll Buckhalter, Leon Washington, Jerious Norwood), starting/backup WR (Welker, Nate Burleson, Ted Ginn, Antwaan Randle El, Patrick Crayton, etc), CBs (Rossum, McQuarters, Woodson)...guys like Cribbs and Hester aren't the norm, they're the exception.

Would I want Parrish concentrating on being a returner ONLY? Of course not, because he plays a vital role on offense as well. If he concentrated only on special teams, I might get an extra 2 yards per return, but I lose everything he does on O.

And now you also want to propose raising the salary cap? This rule requires way too much fine tuning of everything but itself, and the upside isn't all that high. No, this rule isn't worth it.