Have We Seen The Last of Archuleta in a Skins Uniform?

[freddyg12]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

You're dreaming. He got burned by Witten so badly with the game on the line that he flat out got laughed at by Witten. Lucky for Archuleta, Troy Vincent and Nick Novak saved the friggin day.

He's worthless, he'll never play well for us.

I noted that he got burned by Witten & other TEs regularly last year. He's never been a man to man cover guy, but he's had good years w/the Rams.
My point is, Could it be that having 1 coach tell you to be aggressive in the run game & another tell you that you need to play deeper for coverage had an adverse impact on his coverage? I'd say it did, as was the case w/ST.

As I said, he'll never be a guy we want 1 on 1 w/wr's, but his coverage ability MAY not be as bad as it was last year either.

Finally, I concluded the post saying that it may be a health issue, that while he's healthy enough to play he may never regain his early career form. Anyone that thinks he slow is justified, but the dude did have blazing speed at one time. He does look like he has a hard time turning around in full sprint, almost like he has to turn his back completely around to see the ball.

If that's the case & he's damaged goods, we should definitely move on. Overall, I'd agree that he's not likely to contribute here, but maybe we saw the worst & he'll improve. If not for the bad season that several in our secondary had, I wouldn't say that.

My guess is that the front office is seeing if there's anything they can get for him or any compromise out there, but ultimately we'll be stuck w/him, and might as well try to use him.