Did Curtis Samuel go to Detroit?

[Smithers]

He just had his chance, and fuged it up big time.  

[bleys]

Might be the same reason electro hid his horse.  

[t96]

Just now, ncfan said:

True

But how many times over the last few years have we saidthe same thing about Funchess,the dude is afraid to fight for balls.  

And he cant catch period.  He is essentially Brandon LaFail.  But its time to let Samuel get some PT

 

I don't disagree that we should use Samuel over Funch, but just because we've had tons of other receivers do the same thing doesn't mean we should be content with guys doing poo like that. Matt Ryan earlier threw what looked like a wide open easy pick and then his receiver came in full speed and decked the guy to make it incomplete. Samuel had his hands on the ball. It's one thing to not catch it but to let the DB come away with it...? Come on man.

[FugAllY'all]

Mistimed that jump, but again, why are throwing a jump ball to a 5'10" receiver against double coverage. Cam actually put the ball in a decent spot, but that should have been Funchess running that route. Even a perfect throw had about a 30% chance to be completed.

[ScottyAbe31]

He had that ball in his hands and thought it was enough. Need to secure it or knock it down!

[NAS]

That throw by cam was late. He could have hit him in stride 

[JARROD]

Samuel is a running back that can catch pretty good, not a true wide receiver. He could basically trade carries with CMac on a lot of plays.

we still need a true downfield threat. 

The future is DJ Moore paired with an unnamed downfield guy like a TY Hilton type.

[beastson]

Just now, JARROD said:

Samuel is a running back that can catch pretty good, not a true wide receiver. He could basically trade carries with CMac on a lot of plays.

we still need a true downfield threat. 

The future is DJ Moore paired with an unnamed downfield guy like a TY Hilton type.

Starting to look like the unfortunate truth

[mc52beast]

He didn’t fit into Ron’s scheme for this game... looks like right now he schemed how to lose to a sorry inept Lions team

[JARROD]

1 minute ago, beastson said:

Starting to look like the unfortunate truth

It’s just what he is. Why anyone thought he is downfield threat like a Ted Ginn or Torrey Smith in his yesteryear was just in denial.

thats not bashing him, he’s great at what he is. The plays where he’s treated as such he makes huge scores— and like a catching running back he can still make some really good catches. He’s just not an over the shoulder catcher,.. not a true wide receiver.

[micnificent28]

Samuel is no worse than the number 3 wr on this team no matter how you look at it. Why he is only playing like 20% of snaps is killing me.