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Wallace has been blinded said 12/16, 12:51 PM
I'm going to have to go with Roscoe Parrish of the Bills.

This year, on 22 returns, Parrish averages over 17 yards a return and also has a touchdown to his name. Also, out of the top 5 leaders in return yards, Parrish is in 3rd and has had 15 less returns than anyone else on the list. Although clearly not as effective as Devin Hester in the NFC, Parrish has put together a great year in the punt return and has had some some teams fearing kicking to him.

Parrish is the best punt returner in the AFC this year easily.

Wallace has been blinded said 12/16, 02:25 PM
Problem is although Cribbs is having a great year, he is not Devin Hester. He has yet to strike that fear factor into players whenever he is on the field. His kick return has been spectacular this season, but like you said, Parrish is having a much better year.

Parrish has become known as a force on punt return. Parrish has also only returned 3 kickoffs all year, so we still don't even know what he could do in that regard.

This is a good argument for stats, because they both have the same number of returns in 22.

Touchdowns: Parrish 1, Cribbs 0

Yards: Parrish 386, Cribbs 238

Avg: Parrish 17.5, Cribbs 10. 8

Returns of 20 or more yards: Parrish 6, Cribbs 3

Returns of 40 or more yards: Parrish 2, Cribbs 0

So, although Parrish leads in every major category, you would still say Cribbs is more feared? I'm sorry, but I can't agree with that. Cribbs is a very dangerous kick off returner. However, his punt returning has been good, but Parrish's has been great.

In every 4 returns that Parrish has, he has broken it for more than 20 yards. In every 10 returns, he has almost 1 return for 40 or more yards.

That, my friend, is putting fear into an opponent for you.

Wallace has been blinded said 12/16, 02:44 PM
Fear is when the man is standing on the field, and you refuse to punt to him because of how dangerous he is (Devin Hester). Neither Cribbs nor Parrish have achieved this fear factor that you speak of.

Also, you get feared in punt return for doing what? The answer there is breakin big runs. Cribbs has yet to do this in his career, while Parrish has shown that he can do this. I know Cribbs is a better kick returner than Parrish, that's a given. However, he has yet to shown that he can be a huge factor in the punt return.

You've said it yourself, Cribbs' long is only 34 yards. That is not enough to say that other teams "fear" punting to him.

Parrish has shown the ability to break huge runs time and time again.

If your main argument is going off of the fear factor of Cribbs game, I cannot say that is enough to give him the best punt returner in the AFC. Parrish has made bigger plays than Cribbs while on the return, yet you don't think he is feared? I cannot agree with you one bit in your analysis.

Parrish is clearly the top dog when it comes to the best punt returners in the AFC.