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WR Marvin Harrison, Jr. (Silver Football, 2x Unanimous All-American, 2023 Biletnikoff winner, Heisman Finalist, Arizona Cardinals)

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Tanner said:
I would say he's just getting some reps if I hadn't seen how they operate at PR. Wilson was the PR 2 years ago (taking a few huge shots in the process), would have been JSN last year, then it was Egbuka. it will be Egbuka & Harrison this year. It makes absolutely no sense to me and drives me insane. You have 8 top 100 WR's on the roster. Let one of the younger guys get some meaningful game experience and let him feel like he's a part of the program. And eliminate injury risk to your best player. If you can't train one of those guys to safely catch punts and occasionally make the first guy miss I don't what know what to say.
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That's a bingo and so spot on. We probably do not have enough info right now to judge what is happening in practice (actually correct that, we definitely do not)...however, for the sake of discussion, if MH Jr ever fields a punt other than to fair catch it, I will literally flip my shit even in the unlikely event he returns it for a TD.

I am a worn out track record on this subject but I have been screaming this from C Deck for the world to hear...do not put a critical player back at kick or punt return. Fair catch it every damn time in this era of the game where we have an incredible offense. If they are working MH to get him some practice back there in the worst case scenario, fine. But we do have X back and that is who I would have fielding every punt absent injury...or Egbuka but only if he has to fair catch it, he is also too important this year.
 
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Dryden said:
This is being done to build Harrison Jr's Heisman reel.

Someone needs to convince me why this is so bad. Who is the last punt returner here that suffered injury on the field returning punts/kicks, not counting Ginn Jr by friendly fire in a TD celebration? Reading the last two pages of this thread you'd think returning punts is equivalent to drumming for Spinal Tap.
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First off, the Spinal Tap reference is off the charts and made me laugh. But the injury concern may be overstated and probably not the point...an injury is as likely as any play in all likelihood. The real concern to me is fumbling the ball instead of safely catching the punt. The odds of Egbuka, MH Jr, etc. catching a big pass is much higher than a big return. I was a punt returner for a long damn time and damn good at it...however, the risk vs reward was not there looking back, catching a punt was a huge risk.

In conclusion, if the goal is to have MH Jr safely catch a punt to close out a game, I am in all favor. If there is any perceived greenlight to actually run after catching the ball, it is stupid on every level. In the meantime, I will cast no aspersions on the staff, although past ill-advised uses of players at punt returner have me concerned. Just find someone that can catch a punt and if they get hurt it won't matter much. Works out for both sides really, someone gets a niche job that could work out for them and we don't risk an extra play(s) for our best player to get hurt, all assuming the player back there just fair catches the ball.
 
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Dryden said:
This is being done to build Harrison Jr's Heisman reel.

Someone needs to convince me why this is so bad. Who is the last punt returner here that suffered injury on the field returning punts/kicks, not counting Ginn Jr by friendly fire in a TD celebration? Reading the last two pages of this thread you'd think returning punts is equivalent to drumming for Spinal Tap.
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Because it's added risk with basically no reward, unless you think MHJ is actually going to be a good returner. How many good 6'4" PRs are there? Practically zero. You want smaller returners with better short area quickness and acceleration.

Yeah, we haven't had any injuries recently on a PR but I do remember Wilson taking some big licks. Just because it hasn't happened doesn't mean it won't. So why not just let a back-up who is more built for PRs get the reps instead? It's asinine
 
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