Smoke Signals: ‘Somebody’s got to pay’ edition

[MTK]

Regarding special teams, let's please spend some money there and get a reliable and consistent kicker in here. Same for the punter, let's get a guy in there that can help us win the field position battles.

[redsk1]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Regarding special teams, let's please spend some money there and get a reliable and consistent kicker in here. Same for the punter, let's get a guy in there that can help us win the field position battles.

I agree ARE is a disaster. Someone mentioned Sproles. He'd be an excellent pick up as a special teamer/3rd down back.

[Miller101]

Originally Posted by redsk1

I agree ARE is a disaster. Someone mentioned Sproles. He'd be an excellent pick up as a special teamer/3rd down back.

We already have an excellent special teamer and 3rd down back in Rock. And Rock is our Captain! Sproles is good a player, but not here. That would be messing with our chemistry.

[Paintrain]

Originally Posted by Miller101

We already have an excellent special teamer and 3rd down back in Rock. And Rock is our Captain! Sproles is good a player, but not here. That would be messing with our chemistry.

What? Rock as a 3rd down back? In what Arena League are you talking about? He's a natural fullback, too slow to make anyone miss, average to below average hands. Sproles is exactly what we are missing, a dynamic speed returner and someone on 3rd down who can take a screen or swing pass all the way to the house. He represents a dynamic we sorely lack, playmaking ability.

[Skins4L]

Originally Posted by Paintrain

What? Rock as a 3rd down back? In what Arena League are you talking about? He's a natural fullback, too slow to make anyone miss, average to below average hands. Sproles is exactly what we are missing, a dynamic speed returner and someone on 3rd down who can take a screen or swing pass all the way to the house. He represents a dynamic we sorely lack, playmaking ability.

im down with that. Sproles for Cartwright....i like it. Although ive always appreciated Rock... hes actually a solid returner... usually gets us past the 20.

[Miller101]

Originally Posted by Paintrain

What? Rock as a 3rd down back? In what Arena League are you talking about? He's a natural fullback, too slow to make anyone miss, average to below average hands. Sproles is exactly what we are missing, a dynamic speed returner and someone on 3rd down who can take a screen or swing pass all the way to the house. He represents a dynamic we sorely lack, playmaking ability.

I'm not talking about Arena football. I would like to get an Arena Team here, but thats another story. Rock is a good 3rd down back and a excellent special teamer. Rock is MUCH better than Sproles at returning kicks! And MUCH better than Sproles on covering kicks! He has a MUCH better name than Sproles too! Sproles might be a good back up to LT, but Sproles isn't good enough to hold Rock's jock strap when it comes to returning/ covering kicks!

Bringing him in here and cutting Rock would do nothing but mess with our chemistry! And we DO NOT need that!

[Paintrain]

Originally Posted by Miller101

I'm not talking about Arena football. I would like to get an Arena Team here, but thats another story. Rock is a good 3rd down back and a excellent special teamer. Rock is MUCH better than Sproles at returning kicks! And MUCH better than Sproles on covering kicks! He has a MUCH better name than Sproles too! Sproles might be a good back up to LT, but Sproles isn't good enough to hold Rock's jock strap when it comes to returning/ covering kicks!

Bringing him in here and cutting Rock would do nothing but mess with our chemistry! And we DO NOT need that!

Ok, football logic aside, the name issue sold me. You're right. You should take over for Vinny.

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by redsk1

I agree ARE is a disaster. Someone mentioned Sproles. He'd be an excellent pick up as a special teamer/3rd down back.

Chad Morton anyone? No?

[PennSkinsFan]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Regarding special teams, let's please spend some money there and get a reliable and consistent kicker in here. Same for the punter, let's get a guy in there that can help us win the field position battles.

Kicker! Kicker! Kicker!

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Regarding special teams, let's please spend some money there and get a reliable and consistent kicker in here. Same for the punter, let's get a guy in there that can help us win the field position battles.

Yeah, while the defensive issues are convoluted and could break either for better or worse next year, and the offense needs some sort of mix of time any youth, the special teams are an area where we could make a 1 to 1.5 win improvement without investing too much into them. So it makes sense to focus our off-season efforts on improving the special teams.