Santana Moss: Punt Returner

Put him back there. He's not exactly a spring chicken anymore, so why not get the most out of him? If he gets hurt then we activate Marko Mitchell. Santana will not have to worry about dropping passes and punching people with helmets on returning punts. If he's not there when we make the play offs, then he'll not be there to give up on plays.

My thought are this: we're not a stellar team or a play-off team, so why not try to be? We've depth at WR so why not? How about making the play-offs, not sneaking our way in? If he gets hurt eff it. No team should be dependant on one or two guys, IE Moss and CP.

I'm all for it. I say let's put him back there for the majority of punt returns. He's the most dangerous PR on our team and one of the best in the league if given the opportunity. The object is to win the game, so let's throw it all out there. Our offense was one of the worst in the NFL last year. What do we have to lose?

Thoughts?

Risk vs. reward. Maybe we'll be able to get RE to start running N-S as opposed to E-W. Our passing game is suspect at best, Moss gets hurt and it's null and void. Think long and hard about what you're suggesting.

Devin should be the full time guy and maybe mix Moss in once in a long while. I don't understand why ARL still gets the duty. I mean Devin's biggest problem as a WR is route running and creating space, but once the pigskin is in his hand's dude has mad skills and runs really hard. Basically I'm just perplexed Zorn isn't doing everything he can to get Devin more opportunities...we know what ARL can do.

I thought this was a thread saying Moss was the actual PR for us. Misleading thread title!
Moss is NOT a wise decision for PR duty cause he is too valuable to us as a WR and he is always someone that tweeks something. No doubt he would get hurt too quickly if he did that.
I certainly agree that ARE should be benched for his pathetic PR "skills", and I'm all for putting just about anyone in there other than ARE.

The only thing I like about RE as a punt returner is, he will catch the ball. I don't have to hold my breath wondering whether or not he's going to catch it.

Spot duty only. don't want to lose Moss's ability as a WR due to an injury from returning punts all the time.

I knew I'd hear the risk vs reward thing. So the scenario is he's plays all year at WR, w/ no punt return duties and we're one of the worst scoring offenses in the NFL. Hmmm...sounds alot like 2008.

We've got a little more depth at WR, put him in there at PR a couple times a game. Nothing to lose, play to win. A player can get hurt at any time.

Hey, I get the injury thing. He's our best wideout, but let's face it guys, we've got to put some points out and I think that would be a major plus.

If the other WR's step up then it's a posibility.

I knew I'd hear the risk vs reward thing. So the scenario is he's plays all year at WR, w/ no punt return duties and we're one of the worst scoring offenses in the NFL. Hmmm...sounds alot like 2008.

We've got a little more depth at WR, put him in there at PR a couple times a game. Nothing to lose, play to win. A player can get hurt at any time.

Hey, I get the injury thing. He's our best wideout, but let's face it guys, we've got to put some points out and I think that would be a major plus.

It's not worth risking SM every down. I would rather see him scoring more TD's as a WR with our other receiver's drawing coverage off of him.

Did coaches ever give Thomas a look at as punt returner?