Shanahan Tells Banks He Better Learn to Play WR

A great returner doesn't need any special blocking scheme. Hester's returns are mostly his doing.

Or maybe Banks, fast but not elusive, just isn't that good.

Alright Mr. Buzz Killington, tone it down a notch. :D

Banks should watch this.....

Devin Hester All 19 returns through 11-14-2011 - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuCMb9FYyDA&feature=related)

Or maybe Banks, fast but not elusive, just isn't that good.

Banks does have talent. An undrafted NFL player doesn't make a roster without having some talent.

Banks does have talent. An undrafted NFL player doesn't make a roster without having some talent.

I didn't say he didn't have talent. I said he wasn't that good. There's a difference.

Every year many players with talent enter the NFL, find that they cannot compete in the NFL at a high level, and then either ride the bench or get cut. Banks appears to be one of these players.

Roster spots are just too valuable to have returners that do nothing else. I've always preferred to have kick returning/punt returning duties be assigned to someone that does something else primarily. Your 2nd tier wideouts and db's should be returning kicks.

I'd rather have his roster spot be occupied by an undrafted offensive lineman project.

I also dont believe in the designated long snapper position. If a starting center cant snap the ball 10 yards consistently, he shouldnt be the starting center.

I didn't say he didn't have talent. I said he wasn't that good. There's a difference.

Every year many players with talent enter the NFL, find that they cannot compete in the NFL at a high level, and then either ride the bench or get cut. Banks appears to be one of these players.

Look at how small the man is. He's a tiny player and not your typical sizable wide receiver. He's made the Redskins roster for 2 straight years because of his speed. With punt returning, I'm not sure why he doesn't have what Mike Nelms had, or what Brian Mitchell had. Both of those men were excellent kickoff/punt returners for us when they played. Banks has speed yet it's not good enough to allow him to break through kick coverage or make him a respected dangerous return man. Maybe what he's lacking is vision to see the whole field once he fields the ball.

I have no clue what your stance is on him. You seem to fluctuate

I haven't contradicted myself in saying anything about Banks. I've been saying the same thing about him all along. Many people here don't think much of him as a return man but I do. Maybe I'm the only one here that thinks highly of him.

So you think maybe he lacks the vision to be a great returner but if we let him go he'll undoubtedly be amazing somewhere else...just because that's our luck? Is that it?