Smiths thoughts on returning punts..

[AKPantherFan]

^^^^^

yup I agree-- thats why I said "deserves the right"

[2plankingpanther]

It's looking like Cpt M is going to do returns!That's who I would have picked!

[Rello]

I don't mind Smith returning punts if the game is on the line or for special occasions. If Fox decides to make him our main punt returner for the season then he's a dumb ass. Captain, Moore or maybe HB Sutton(i think thats his name) should be our punt returner.

[bleys]

Smith doesn't need to be on the field returning punts.. Fact is, punt returning is more dangerous than coming down with a catch. Increase the times over he is on the field, naturally an injury is more likely to occur.

Special teams naturally creates more opportunities to get hurt due to the gang tackling that occurs with 2 sides running into each other.

Perhaps there is another way to explain this... Look at the stats for returners.. this is very exaggerated in favor of those home runs hitters, out of some 50? returns, only about 3 - 6 are taken back for TDs over the course of a year...

Of all those returns, is it worth 3 - 6 TDs over the course of a season?

Perhaps you look at those few and say they occur in a very important game. It's very possible, but they just as likely could occur during those "Oakland/Detroit" games like Pep and his sacks I hear about...

The risk of him having an injury for such a small amount of TDs doesn't seem like a good risk to take, IMO...

The 3-6 is more likely to be 1 or 2, where he has over 30 - 50 opportunities to get hurt.