Why Is Armanti Edwards Still Returning Punts?

[Brooklyn Bully]

if you want to settle for a guy to just catch a punt and sacrifice any attempt at better field position, then yeah, Armanti is your guy.

I like to hope our coaching staff isn't going to settle for mediocrity and will try to find a player who can play at the NFL level.. Your right, not many can do it. But you're wrong, only those who can get to have a job.

This.

I love the whole, "but he hasn't dropped anything" argument. GOOD, that's his job. The other part of his job is to get yardage every time, even if the blockers aren't helping him. Sure, no returner does that every time, but the better ones do do it in every game. Armanti does not. Remember that old, beat up dude we had back there a couple season's ago? Forget his name, but he may have come from Tampa. We still had shoddy ST back then, and that guy got yards. Face it, Armanti is not as magical as he was in college, is too short to play QB, and has not shown enough to even get a look at WR except for in garbage time.

[Miaoww]

With that said...he should be our 3rd string QB.

Give me a reason he shouldnt be.

People said Cam wouldnt pan out either...whadda ya fugin know!?!? Including me.

He's tiny and has a noodle arm.

[Miaoww]

Well you've got to remember his name is "Keith Moon's Liver" which tells us several things:

1: He's british, so that gives him a bitter inferiority complex to begin with

2: He's not functioning correctly

and 3: He's spent a lot of time inside another man...

Stop talking poo, son.

[CarolinaKat]

I like to hope our coaching staff isn't going to settle for mediocrity and will try to find a player who can play at the NFL level.. Your right, not many can do it. But you're wrong, only those who can get to have a job.

So how fast do you expect an undersized college QB to turn into a WR/PR in the NFL? This is year two and Ive seen worse. You know what coaches dont like, turnovers, thats why Goodson has been on the bench. There are Vets who have muffed more punts this year. They could have replaced Edwards at any point this year. They didnt. Seems the actual people that matter dont think he's that mediocre

[Carolina Fan]

This.

I love the whole, "but he hasn't dropped anything" argument. GOOD, that's his job. The other part of his job is to get yardage every time, even if the blockers aren't helping him. Sure, no returner does that every time, but the better ones do do it in every game. Armanti does not. Remember that old, beat up dude we had back there a couple season's ago? Forget his name, but he may have come from Tampa. We still had shoddy ST back then, and that guy got yards. Face it, Armanti is not as magical as he was in college, is too short to play QB, and has not shown enough to even get a look at WR except for in garbage time.

#1 theres only about 5 punt returners who actually "can make something happen" consistently

#2 the people starting over him have been playing WR there whole football career, He however has not... So with that said why should he not be given time to develop?

[cbarrier90]

He's tiny and has a noodle arm.

Same goes for Clausen. I think that was YML's point...

[CarolinaKat]

This.

I love the whole, "but he hasn't dropped anything" argument. GOOD, that's his job. The other part of his job is to get yardage every time, even if the blockers aren't helping him. Sure, no returner does that every time, but the better ones do do it in every game. Armanti does not. Remember that old, beat up dude we had back there a couple season's ago? Forget his name, but he may have come from Tampa. We still had shoddy ST back then, and that guy got yards. Face it, Armanti is not as magical as he was in college, is too short to play QB, and has not shown enough to even get a look at WR except for in garbage time.

Which one of your WR's would you replace to give Edwards a shot? And special teams blocking this year is way way worse than in past years. Our gunners just run along side people, they don't block.

[Carolina Fan]

[cbarrier90]

#1 theres only about 5 punt returners who actually "can make something happen" consistently

#2 the people starting over him have been playing WR there whole football career, He however has not... So with that said why should he not be given time to develop?

You answered your own question in #2. This is not No Child Left Behind. This is the NFL, and if you don't cut it here, you get cut, plain and simple.

In AE's case, he was already at a disadvantage having to learn a new position and competing for spots against natural WRs. If he gets cut, which is looking very probable at this point, it's an indictment on Hurney for putting AE in that position.

[Miaoww]

Same goes for Clausen. I think that was YML's point...

Clausen has four inches on Edwards and a much better arm.

[Carolina Fan]

You answered your own question in #2. This is not No Child Left Behind. This is the NFL, and if you don't cut it here, you get cut, plain and simple.

In AE's case, he was already at a disadvantage having to learn a new position and competing for spots against natural WRs. If he gets cut, which is looking very probable at this point, it's an indictment on Hurney for putting AE in that position.

Thats like saying,

Hey im going to go buy a baby chicken that can lay eggs and a year later saying welp he isn't laying eggs yet so im going to go ahead and get rid of it rather then letting it mature.

ill go a step farther, just because hes not starting doesn't mean hes not worthy of playing as a backup and waiting for his chance.

[Carolina Fan]

Clausen has four inches on Edwards and a much better arm.

you can't prove that.

[csx]

Better question is why did we give up a 1st for him in the first place..

Simple answer, they didn't give up a 1st for him.

[cbarrier90]

Thats like saying,

Hey im going to go buy a baby chicken that can lay eggs and a year later saying welp he isn't laying eggs yet so im going to go ahead and get rid of it rather then letting it mature.

What if you have plenty of other chickens that are already matured and producing?

Besides, everyone knows the farm has limited space, so instead of concentrating on a chicken that can't cut it in a unit that has showed promise, we could use that freed up space for some other animals that have struggled, mainly secondary and defensive tackles.