Kadarius Toney's role this season & stat predictions?

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by -King-

I'll be disappointed if he's not. Even if he didn't know the whole playbook you can still manufacture some plays for him like the 49ers did with McCaffrey. And you don't really need to know a playbook to return kicks.

He needs to be active if only as a return man.

And hell, just putting him in the huddle and having him run guys off as a decoy has plenty of value if you aren't confident throwing him the football yet. You pair up him and MVS on a smash concept and you HAVE to respect him underneath, so you have him run a curl and the safety will have to monitor him due to his YAC ability.

You could just send him out there to free up MVS or Hardman on a shot play if you wanted to. And honestly, he's demonstrated such good feel for space that I think he'd be really valuable in a scramble drill as well.

He should get some time. Maybe 10-15 snaps on the offense and a dedicated presence as the primary returner.