(05-04-2019, 06:28 AM)NYC4jags Wrote: Of greater significance than Cunningham’s return experience is his skill as a third down back.
The bears used him effectively in that role. Great blocker and sure handed to slip out for a screen or swing pass.

In 2017 he caught 20 of 26 targets for 240 yds , two TDS , 12 yds per catch.
He’s not going to blow anyone a way but the dependability is there.

This and the punt/kick returner comments got me thinking about Dave Meggett who was carried around by Bill Parcells to fulfill that same role. He was sure-handed and had a 10 year NFL career, mostly with Parcells as a Giant and a Patriot. Parcells even brought him to Dallas to work with the Cowboys punt/kick returners.

Parcells valued that one skill in his returners- sure handedness. I don't know if Meggett ever fumbled (over 10 years, he must have) but one of the top coaches of all time kept him in that role wherever he went. If Cunningham has the sure-handed gene, it gives him a leg up.

As an aside: I knew Meggett had some kind of legal trouble of a sexual nature after he retired but go read his Wiki page to see what he's done. He has 9 children and is currently in prison in South Carolina.

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