V. Jackson "Prepared to Sit out season"

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Originally Posted by KI Skins Fan

IMHO, Cooley, Davis, and DT should all be on the field when we're throwing the ball in the Red Zone. Big guys with strong hands.

I really hate to see that some people here are ready to declare DT a bust. I understand, but I just can't bring myself to believe that he might not make it. He has way too much talent not to make it. His physical gifts are exceptional. When he was drafted, we knew that he hadn't played much football at a high level and that it would take time for him to develop. In my mind, when I think of DT of think of the fact that Art Monk didn't break out until his 4th season. Art was a RB in college, so it took him awhile to learn the WR position.

I stiil have high hopes for DT. If he works anywhere near as hard as Art Monk did, then I think he will succeed in the NFL. Here's an idea: the Skins should explore the possibility of Art becoming a mentor for DT.

As for VJ, I think he could make a big contribution to this team but I don't think we're likely to trade for him.

Hypothetically Devin Thomas should be perfect for that Wide Receiver/Running Back role I was talking about last week . Where you set up your Receiver with short passes and count on him to get tough yards (not to be confused with using Devin to run the ball in spite of his past success on reverses). He's also capable of getting deep thanks to his speed. However I have two concerns.

1. He was amazing on kick returns last week and in an era where the wedge is illegal thats hard to find. I've never seen someone who could be successful at kick returning and offense at the same time on a consistent basis. 99 times out of 100 one of those areas is going to take a hit.

2. Are his hands and route running up to speed. All the physical talent in the world can't make up for not having these two areas handled. If he can't do this he'll be just as effective as Galloway was last week.

Of course some people are taking Devin's inability to break the starting lineup a little to seriously.

MrDevinThomas
GO GREEN! GOODNIGHT! ; )
about 10 hours ago via web

Mick8807
@MrDevinThomas its sickening u care about the Spartans then the skins. I can see why yer behind old ass Joey Galloway ...wake up boy!
about 5 hours ago via Twitter for Android in reply to MrDevinThomas
Russellmania09

Don't expect much use as a WR out of Devin Thomas this Sunday, which I think is a mistake. He just has to keep kicking butt as KR
2:56 PM Sep 17th via web
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