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Speaking of versatility, I would love to see Enos take advantage of Deejay Dallas being a former QB. Let him throw a couple of passes out of some weird formations. At the very least, it will be on film and therefore opposing defensive coordinators would have to game plan for the potential of it happening. The defense would do a lot of second guessing everytime Dallas lines up in any spot other than RB.
 
caneinorlando said:
6'3 225 4.45 40...Destroyed WRs at UM and in the Pros...but he couldn't be a Great WR??....Because of his so called bad hands?...I don't know about that....Andre Johnson couldn't catch a cold his 1st yr and a half....had that turn out??
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Didn’t Andre realize he had a vision problem when he got to the NFL? Has lasik surgery, or started wearing contacts?

Not saying Taylor wouldn’t have made a good or great WR.
 
I always thought Jason Geathers was underused. Maybe he was just a better athlete than WR/RB.

And I agree with previous posters mentioning Tremain Mack. He was a pre-cursor to Ed Reed. Whatever happens to T-Mack? I recall he had a drinking problem.
 
caneinorlando said:
Funny how that vision was A-Okay in 01 and 02...Lol
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I was referring to articles like the one below.

The Texans had the highest of hopes for rookie wideout Andre Johnson when they selected him with the third pick in the April draft, but receivers coach Kippy Brown did have one concern: lazy hands. "He told me I was late getting my hands up when the ball was coming," Johnson said last week. "The balls I'd drop or miss, he'd tell me I had to get my hands up quicker." In fact, the biggest knock on Johnson when he came out of Miami after his junior season was that he dropped too many catchable balls. So the team checked his eyes--and found a problem with his vision. Now, for the first time in his career, Johnson is wearing contacts, and the hands are no longer an issue. He sees the ball earlier, and his hands are in position to make the catch. "I needed them," Johnson says of the lenses. "David [Carr] throws the ball so hard, and I have to have my hands ready because the ball's right on me. Now I'm really confident I can be an impact player."
 
TemplarCane said:
I was referring to articles like the one below.

The Texans had the highest of hopes for rookie wideout Andre Johnson when they selected him with the third pick in the April draft, but receivers coach Kippy Brown did have one concern: lazy hands. "He told me I was late getting my hands up when the ball was coming," Johnson said last week. "The balls I'd drop or miss, he'd tell me I had to get my hands up quicker." In fact, the biggest knock on Johnson when he came out of Miami after his junior season was that he dropped too many catchable balls. So the team checked his eyes--and found a problem with his vision. Now, for the first time in his career, Johnson is wearing contacts, and the hands are no longer an issue. He sees the ball earlier, and his hands are in position to make the catch. "I needed them," Johnson says of the lenses. "David [Carr] throws the ball so hard, and I have to have my hands ready because the ball's right on me. Now I'm really confident I can be an impact player."
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I knew this...but for someone to think Sean at 6'3 225 couldn't be an All Pro reciever is crazy....4.45 speed at that size??...I wouldn't have put nothing past that cat....
 
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Sean Taylor
Devin Hester
Santana Moss
Phillip Buchanon
Kevin Williams
Phillip Dorsett
Roscoe Parrish
Jeff Thomas

No way to name just one!
 
Kevin Williams is my all-time favorite Cane.

Michael Irving would be another person who's a hero. The plays he made over the years, I don't really remember any of it, but the fact that he made them, I respect that.
 
One guy on defense who would have been great on offense was Tremain Mack. Some guys are great athletes, some guys have a great feel for the game and can ball at any position. Mack did it on defense (nose for the ball) and he was an exceptional return man.
 
Michael Irvin, Rusty Medearis, Daniel Stubbs because of plays I can still visualize them making that were absolutely great. Plus the Mad Stork dominated games. Oh, and Warren Sapp....darn I could list a hundred
 
Berrios without him making some clutch catches we wouldn't of won 10 in 2017.
Kevin beard
Najeh Davenport
 
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Id go Santana Moss, great WR, kick returner, punt returner, great on end-arounds. In the top five in a lot of offensive categories like TD, receiving yards, all-purpose yards, etc

In today's game he'd be deadly in the slot
 
Moonman said:
Yeah Hester was obviously the most dangerous/most likely to take it to the house at any moment, but he never really caught on (at Miami) at any position other than returns. Clearly that could be put on the coaching staff...but aside from a disastrous plan to feature him on offense in the Peach Bowl and a few rushing attempts, he was a non-factor on offense.
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Watch first of LSU UM Sugar Bowl.. Coker had Hester getting the ball from every position.... He was way under utilized and that transcended into NFL. I just don't believe he never had it between the ears as we've heard his entire career
 
Most won't remember Chuck Foreman. Great RB for us in the early '70s. Moved to WR his senior season. Played "All Purpose Back" for the Vikings. Epitome of versatile skilled player. We sort of sucked back then, but Foreman was an all purpose stud.
 
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