Who will be returning kicks next year?

**pr_capone** · 01-11-2008, 08:46 PM

Eddie Drummond made no friends in KC and "should" be gone next year. Never should have been here in the first place.

Kennison probably wont be back next year.

Webb sucked. I hated watching him kick return this year. Man... we really were spoiled by Dante and Vanover.

Do the Chiefs look around in free agency for a kick returner or do we draft one?

I don't know of anyone whom is hitting free agency that is a KR/PR and worth bringing in.

What about promoting from within and if so, who?

Sapp... perhaps pick Phin back up?

Eleazar · 01-11-2008, 08:53 PM

I've never been a huge fan of having a kick return specialist. Surely, if your team has any talent you should be able to find someone with enough speed and the physical tools to learn to do that without using an extra roster spot. Even Dante Hall could contribute in other ways.

Hopefully we will have some new talent at WR and DB so we'll be able to find someone.

And... it would be hard to find anyone worse.

Similar is... why do you need to have a kickoff specialist? Can't we find a kicker who is competent enough to kick the ball in two ways effectively? (Not that we've had a lot of luck finding a kicker who's even good at one of them...)

Or, a long snapper. Can't we get someone else to do it? Kendall Gammon was a fine player, not to take anything away from him, I can't remember us ever having a bad snap during his entire tenure, and that's worth something. But still.. what about the regular center?

**cdcox** · 01-11-2008, 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Cochise

I've never been a huge fan of having a kick return specialist. Surely, if your team has any talent you should be able to find someone with enough speed and the physical tools to learn to do that without using an extra roster spot. Even Dante Hall could contribute in other ways.

Hopefully we will have some new talent at WR and DB so we'll be able to find someone.

And... it would be hard to find anyone worse.

Similar is... why do you need to have a kickoff specialist? Can't we find a kicker who is competent enough to kick the ball in two ways effectively? (Not that we've had a lot of luck finding a kicker who's even good at one of them...)

Or, a long snapper. Can't we get someone else to do it? Kendall Gammon was a fine player, not to take anything away from him, I can't remember us ever having a bad snap during his entire tenure, and that's worth something. But still.. what about the regular center?

Just get someone who can do kick returns, long snap and kickoff. One roster spot, three roles.

HIChief · 01-12-2008, 12:53 AM

Chad Owens, a real burner, was waived today by the Jags to make room on the roster. He should be brought in to compete for the job. By the way, he can catch too.

bsp4444 · 01-12-2008, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Cochise

Or, a long snapper. Can't we get someone else to do it? Kendall Gammon was a fine player, not to take anything away from him, I can't remember us ever having a bad snap during his entire tenure, and that's worth something. But still.. what about the regular center?

I think the Phillippe-Darche find was a good one. Gammon was making a mint because of his tenure in the league and we found a younger, way cheaper replacement that can actually go downfield and make a tackle (check his special teams stats). I can't think of one time we thought about the snap in kicking situatuins, which means Darche was pretty reliable.

philfree · 01-12-2008, 10:33 AM

Hopefully the CB we draft will also have K/P return experience and while he is getting up to speed as a CB he'll help us n the return game. Or it could be a WR.

PhilFree

Kylo Ren · 01-11-2008, 08:55 PM

Ty Law maybe? He's a CB.

SBK · 01-11-2008, 08:58 PM

Whoever it is they aren't on the roster right now.

FloridaMan88 · 01-11-2008, 09:59 PM

Tamarick Vanover

POND_OF_RED · 01-11-2008, 10:23 PM

Turk McBride

**Bob Dole** · 01-11-2008, 10:28 PM

Sippio!

Duh.

Simplex3 · 01-11-2008, 10:30 PM

Drummond.

**Bob Dole** · 01-11-2008, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Simplex3

Drummond.

Bob Dole's head will explode.

Deberg_1990 · 01-11-2008, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Simplex3

Drummond.

He deserves another chance to prove himself. Kind of like Carl Peterson.

Simplex3 · 01-11-2008, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

He deserves another chance to prove himself. Kind of like Carl Peterson.

Exactly.

Sure, he had a down year but Drummond kicked a lot of ass in the 90's. He deserves a chance to do it again.

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Eleazar Beyond the Rapids Join Date: May 2003 Location: Langley, VA Casino cash: $-370000	I've never been a huge fan of having a kick return specialist. Surely, if your team has any talent you should be able to find someone with enough speed and the physical tools to learn to do that without using an extra roster spot. Even Dante Hall could contribute in other ways. Hopefully we will have some new talent at WR and DB so we'll be able to find someone. And... it would be hard to find anyone worse. Similar is... why do you need to have a kickoff specialist? Can't we find a kicker who is competent enough to kick the ball in two ways effectively? (Not that we've had a lot of luck finding a kicker who's even good at one of them...) Or, a long snapper. Can't we get someone else to do it? Kendall Gammon was a fine player, not to take anything away from him, I can't remember us ever having a bad snap during his entire tenure, and that's worth something. But still.. what about the regular center?
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