Quote:Especially considering the fact that Deion Sanders, being a shutdown corner, was more valuable to his team than Cobb will be as a WR. If the guy has a knack for it, you put him back there. The team is paying him to fill roles they think will help them win, they shouldn't worry about him getting hurt returning punts since he can just as easily get hurt in practice. A good utility man like Cobb is a valuable commodity for any team who has championship aspirations. You're right though about finding a younger, cheaper guy for that job but those guys are hard to find.

 

  There's no question that there's injury risk in practice.   My conservative nature though goes beyond politics.    However,  if a team has quality depth at a position of a high caliber Offensive or Defensive player,   I probably would be more comfortable with the high caliber player being used more often on Punt Returns.    Very likely not as often as you or Mike Tomlin for example would be.   This is a good example of a situation in which there's legitimate sides to which approach is better.  

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