Quote: 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.

There's nothing wrong using a conservative approach concerning a teams blue chip talent. But I'm just from the school of thought that if a guy is good at something and the team is needing his skills, you use him. I've always appreciated an aggressive approach that successful coaches use when it comes to scheme and personnel. Winning in the NFL is sometimes all about who will take the biggest risks to succeed.

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