Caleb Downs getting return work!

Amarth said:
So if Downs is as good as expected on defense but gets a season ending injury, or worse, from returning the ball which in turn weakens our defense and allows the other team to score more points then you’re telling me you’ll think it was worth it to have him return the ball, no matter how good he is?

Sorry, not buying it. I don’t care about highlights or the TD’s Deion got as a returner, he was much more valuable to our defense. Returning is one of the most dangerous areas of the game, the team would have been much weaker with his absence as a defender then it would have been with his absence as a returner.
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Dude, we’re talking about 5-6 returns.

If he gets hurt during them, then that is a freak occurrence. He’ll be 10 times more likely to suffer a season ending injury starting on defense.

You never know, they may find out in these practices that he’s not even suited to return punts.
 
conner01 said:
Blue funbled a lot in college. That’s one factor in him going later in the draft
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Nah. Show me what fumbles since Blue became a Dallas Cowboy. I only have found 1. Are there more that need to be shown in order to correctly call him a fumbler or having issues with fumbling the football while wearing the Star on his helmet?
 
America's Cowboy said:
Nah. Show me what fumbles since Blue became a Dallas Cowboy. I only have found 1. Are there more that need to be shown in order to correctly call him a fumbler or having issues with fumbling the football while wearing the Star on his helmet?
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He only fumbled once last year in 39 carries but you can’t just ignore he had a lot of fumbles in college. It’s not like it’s 5 years later and he’s had a ton of touches without a fumble. In college he fumbled once per 27 or so touches. That’s a very high fumble ratio
 
BobSacamano said:
Dude, we’re talking about 5-6 returns.

If he gets hurt during them, then that is a freak occurrence. He’ll be 10 times more likely to suffer a season ending injury starting on defense.

You never know, they may find out in these practices that he’s not even suited to return punts.
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Ok, and if that “freak” occurrence happens and he misses a few games or worse, I don’t want to hear a single complaint of how stupid it was to put him in that position. I hope to hell I’m not the guy who said “told ya so”.
 
conner01 said:
He only fumbled once last year in 39 carries but you can’t just ignore he had a lot of fumbles in college. It’s not like it’s 5 years later and he’s had a ton of touches without a fumble. In college he fumbled once per 27 or so touches. That’s a very high fumble ratio
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Agreed, but obviously he has improved on committing fumbles. Let's give credit so far where it is due.
 
big dog cowboy said:
Turpin doesn't need to move over at all. He is the return player.

It's VERY unlikely we see Downs as a returner this year unless Turpin gets hurt.
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I wouldn't put him back there period, too valuable to be getting cute with all these positions,,, even if he was a superstar punt returner , which he is not. He should be focusing on CB/Safety.
 
America's Cowboy said:
Agreed, but obviously he has improved on committing fumbles. Let's give credit so far where it is due.
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I like blue. He’s one of the best RB’s I’ve seen running routes. He runs pass routes like a WR. He has some serious juice in the run game and woukd be a perfect 2 behind our pounder. He wasn’t on the field in camp as a return guy because he fumbled so many in college, he dropped in draft because of fumbles. If he fixes the fumbles he can be a weapon. But he’s gonna have to prove he can hang onto the ball. Right now I’d just let him keep working at RB because he wasn’t ask to block in college so he needs work on that and it gives him a chance to prove he can hold onto the ball. The talent is there, the speed is there and I think that’s why they are just letting him work at RB. Let him get the reps to prove himself at RB and maybe then let him do some returns. His real value is st RB and if he can hold onto the ball he can be a serious weapon
 
ElGatoGrande said:
I wouldn't put him back there period, too valuable to be getting cute with all these positions,,, even if he was a superstar punt returner , which he is not. He should be focusing on CB/Safety.
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I think it’s more about looking for options if there was an injury to Turpin, not him being the return guy
 
Bobhaze said:
Two reasons:
  1. If you don’t have a great punt returner, the least he can do is just make a fair catch so you can preserve some field position.
  2. If you want to protect a very valuable player while using him as a punt returner, have him make a lot of fair catches to avoid getting hit as much.
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Let us hope, ruffian, tha Turpin returns the ball even 10 yards. Then Dak builds his stats with piffy 5 yard-throws to the sidelines and maybe a run then, BOOM an Aubrey field goal.
Rinse. Repeat.
I am OK with field goals. Anything to win.
 
CT Dal Fan said:
Saying using Deion Sanders on returns was stupid is like saying it was stupid for Dante Hall and Devin Hester to return kicks and punts. Like Deion, that was literally their forte'.
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Deion was a hall of fame CB. Dante Hall and Devin Hester didn’t bring anything else to the table besides their return skills. Not a great comparison.
 
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