Brandon Banks

[diehard]

Originally Posted by skinsnut

I didn't see the game...but I have been saying that a guy this size has no place for a guy who is 145 lbs or so.
So the guy had a TD return...that is excellent...
But a single fumble will erase the TD return...and it is far more common to fumble than to return one for a TD...so this guy supposedly has issues with fumbles...well how many fumbles do we tolerate for this TD benefit?...I really would rather have a 10 yard average return with zero fumbles an a guy that can take it all the way but fumbles once a game (not saying thats true).

The fact that he is a shrimp only magnifies the fumbling risk...he is going to get killed at some point. I dont want to see that happen. I'd love to be wrong and I'd love for this guy to add 40 lbs of pure muscle without losing speed and become a WR too....I just dont think that is likely

The only concern for a player should be a history of injuries, not the possibility of injury. It's possible for even the most prototypical athelete to sustain injuries or have a career riddled with them. I don't think we have a special WR corps that would push him out of sticking with the team. It wouldn't be a waste of talent to allocate Armstrong and or Austin to the practice squad. That should aid in thier development even more. If any of the WRs on the active roster get hurt, one from the practice squad can be activated. And then there's always the possibility of signing talent from another team's practice squad. Therefore, Banks is worth the risk/reward.