Sean and Furrey

[SBXVII]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

And I was probably one of the people that shot it down. But the more I think about it the more it might make sense. He's already got history w/ McNabb so let him compete and let the chips fall where they may. If Kelly and Thomas show that they can play then release TO. It would be another low risk high reward type of signing. Messing around w/ Galloway and Wade is just a waste of time.

Well I'm gambling that T.O. would want guarenteed money. I too would take him for a 2 yr deal. He's definitly better then;

Galloway
Wade
R.Williams
Armstrong
Austin
Banks
Furrey
Hagans
Hodge

Moss brings something different to the table and for those of you who are infatuated with Thomas and Kelly they still could remain.

Moss
T.O.
Thomas
Kelly
Armstrong
Austin- KR/PR/WR
Banks- KR/PR/WR-Practice squad

[GusFrerotte]

An issue is right. Obviously Shanny and Allen have a lot of cleaning up to do. Furrey came in and performed nicely for the Lions for awhile and picked up th e slack when Charles Rogers became a nasty bust for them. Now Furrey comes in to possibly take up the slack for yet another Spartan WR bust!!

[SBXVII]

Special? special would have been to pull a T.O. and pull out a black marker and write in cursive "F U" and have thrown it into the audience. lol.

[ethat001]

Kind of sad & ironic that the justification of signing Furrey was that we need extra bodies because our OLD WR's are banged up.. Well, guess what -- we needed extra bodies because we cut Marko Mitchell 2 months ago. Furrey is 33yrs and has NO chance of making the team. Both M.Kelly & D.Thomas had better stats than Furrey last year, and Furrey had more than 600yds only once in 2006. Even TO has a higher chance with us.

2009 stats
Furrey - 23 rec - 170yds - 0 tds
D.Thomas - 25 rec - 325yds - 3 tds
M.Kelly - 25 rec - 347yds - 0 tds

If you need camp bodies, that's fine. But it's sad we didn't even give Marko until training camp with the flashes he showed. Marko Mitchell is 25 years old, and may eventually be a bust -- BUT at least he is a body for OTA's & training camp, and at least he is YOUNG and has POTENTIAL.

[CultBrennan59]

Why do people think that Furrey won't make the 53 man roster? He is a great special teams player, can also play defense, and is a great fourth/fifth WR.

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by CultBrennan59

Why do people think that Furrey won't make the 53 man roster? He is a great special teams player, can also play defense, and is a great fourth/fifth WR.

Yep, he's like James Thrash but better at receiver. He can do the returns and everything.. even played some DB

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by CultBrennan59

Why do people think that Furrey won't make the 53 man roster? He is a great special teams player, can also play defense, and is a great fourth/fifth WR.

So, assuming that they are going to keep one of the many better vet receivers ahead of him as the third/fourth receiver, and are going to keep Terrence Austin as a 23 year old who can do the same things you have Furrey doing, is it Thomas or Kelly you want cut to open that roster spot?

I mean, aside from cutting more deserving players (and who knows), which "underachiever" are we cutting to make room for the scrawny, overacheiving, 'teams ace?

Your argument that he might make it on merit is admirable, but then, it causes you to identify and cut bait with someone less deserving.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by CultBrennan59

Why do people think that Furrey won't make the 53 man roster? He is a great special teams player, can also play defense, and is a great fourth/fifth WR.

He very well could. He's definitely going to have the chance to compete.

[tryfuhl]

What if we keep 6?

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by tryfuhl

What if we keep 6?

Well, whether we keep six or keep five and go Moss/Kelly/Thomas/Furrey/Austin, Furrey doesn't fit anywhere in either case.

It can be argued that he can add value as a receiver, as well as a special teamer, but unless you can back that statement with a way that he can actually play on this team:

• RBs Portis/Johnson/Parker/Westbrook?
• FB Sellers
• TEs Cooley/Davis
• WRs Moss/Thomas/Kelly

That's 9-10 guys ahead of our "4th receiver" in the playing time pecking order, or basically, as many guys as who will catch more than 3 passes on the season.

It seems nonsensical to suggest that a guy can contribute as a WR, and then keep a bunch of guys ahead of him that haven't contributed, but even so, are expected to contribute more in the future than said guy. I maintain that unless you think a guy offers more present (and future) value to the offense than either Thomas or Kelly, he doesn't deserve his roster spot.

But if one thinks he can actually beat out someone for a spot on the real gameday offense, that's a much more substantial debate, IMO. Thinking that Furrey is better than Kelly or Thomas (and will be in the future) makes a statement about Furrey as a player. Saying that he could earn a spot on the team, over other more qualified players, without beating anyone out just seems to miss the point of competition.

[GTripp0012]

The short version of the above: a 4th receiver, on this team, is useless. Either we find a 3rd receiver who outplays one of Moss/Kelly/Thomas, or our fourth receiver is really another special teamer: Banks/Armstrong/Hodge, or someone.