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Finding our Trindon Holliday

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I am very well aware of how long Holliday has been in the league and his situation. Not sure where I said he had experience. He is something special in the kick return game.

Before any one says anything about Adams being our KR, he has very little experience at that position.

I figured that starting a thread about finding our Holliday implied that.

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that could be bad.

http://www.pewterreport.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=8167%3A&Itemid=15

Check it out..

In fact, the Bucs came close to signing Demps this summer when he failed to qualify for the Olympics, finishing seventh in Oregon. He was added to the 2012 U.S. Olympic roster as a member of the 4x100 meter relay teams, as a replacement for Mike Rodgers who had suffered a stress fracture. Instead of signing with the Bucs in July, Demps wanted to focus on racing in the Olympics and then concentrate on football in August.

Demps raced the first leg of the of the second qualifying heat, helping the team to a time of 37.38, breaking a 20-year American record. Demps didn’t run in the final, but his teammates ended up finishing second, earning a silver medal. As part of the team, Demps received a medal.

The Bucs see the value Demps brings from a football standpoint, as well as a public relations standpoint in appealing to the rabid Gators fan base in the Tampa Bay area. Tampa Bay used to have several Gators players on the team during the team’s rise in the late 1990s under head coach Tony Dungy, but there is not one former Florida player on the current training camp roster except for safety Ahmad Black, who was Tampa Bay's fifth-round draft pick in 2011.

Sources tell PewterReport.com that the Buccaneers envision using Demps as a slot receiver and a running back on offense and as a kick returner on special teams. Lining up Demps and his world class speed next to seventh-round draft pick, Michael Smith, who runs a 4.3 in the 40-yard dash, would cause fits for opposing teams kickoff coverage units in terms of defending both speed merchants. Smith had a great NFL debut in Miami on Friday, returning his first kickoff 34 yards, followed by an electrifying 74-yarder.

Would really be bad.

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Bucs are looking at him as a slot WR.

Like I said, he'll be a slot receiver. He won't be an everyday back.

I figured that starting a thread about finding our Holliday implied that.

No it was just relevant to Panther fans who had just seen Holliday. Plus there are a lot of similarities between the 2 as they are both track athletes. We could use someone like Holliday if we had the luxury of using a roster spot.

... and yet Pilares caught Holliday from behind on the TD return. Fast enough. Needs to learn how to tackle though.

No exactly. Pilares had built up speed, Holliday had been changing direction and wasn't running straight line. It was Pilares best chance to dive. If he had tried to fully catch up the ground would have been lost.

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