Both Sanders and Robinson compare to Desmond Howard.

 

What did he do here? Zilch. He came in the expansion draft which means he had an upside down contract and his team dumped him on us via the expansion draft. 

 

The difference between Howard and Sanders/Robinson is we were more or less forced to eat Desmond's contract. We didn't have to draft Sanders or Robinson under as any kind of precondition.

 

Mike Thomas tracked as our best wide receiver up to his trade, which undoubtedly was engineered by Gene Smith, who additionally cut Jason Hill and fired the WR coach for not recommending Shorts as an immediate starter.

 

There's no animosity towards Shorts III here, but his rise to the starting role came as a result of somebody thumbing the scales and not as a result of truly earning the job which consists of convincing the coaching staff he was worthy.

 

Funny how this is now being revisited since Cecil Shorts III now carries the entire weight of the WR corps on his injured shoulder.

 

Funny how others bristled at the idea that Shorts III was a locker room cancer when all the attrition necessary to create the starting role for Shorts III taking place.

 

The irony of that is Shorts III finds himself on top of the heap and it appears his jimmies are rustled.

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