but does anyone really have any evidence that returners get injured more often than a WR running after a catch? i understand not putting a top guy in to block/cover on ST, because there are often some vicious blind side hits during returns, but i’ve never really understood the idea that it’s such a big risk to use a guy as a returner. if anything, it’s probably safer than a lot of offensive plays, because all of the tacklers are in front of you when you get the ball, so you don’t have to watch your back. on screens or passes over the middle you have guys flying at you from all angles.

does anyone have any examples of marquee players getting injured returning a kick or punt? is there anyone who actually returned kicks at some level of football who can explain? it just seems to me like you never hesitate to get your best WR the ball on offense because of fear of injury, so why worry about it on returns?

 i dont want him on punts either…

the premise is that fisher’s contract says he has final say on personnel and decisions. so schefter is trying to create a story by connecting bud’s comments an interview about calling for vince to start to that part of fisher’s contract. essentially he’s trying to say that adams forced fisher to start young and that violated the deal.

the problem with all this, is all we know is what a suddenly ostentatious bud has said to the media. we have no idea what the conversation fisher and he had was like, so it’s impossible to claim bud “forced” anything. fisher very well may have been in agreement that following the bye week was the right time to make the switch. we even speculated circa week 4 that he was going to wait until then in order to give vince the best chance to succeed on his comeback.

i have a really hard time seeing bud holding a gun to fisher’s head on something like this. just because bud was vocal about his preference does not mean fisher was “forced” into anything. fisher’s contract makes it his call who starts, and if bud had threatened to fire fisher unless the change was made, bud would have been leaving himself open to a hefty lawsuit for breach of contract. vince is starting because fisher decided/agreed/acknowledged/conceded/was influenced to decide that it was the right time to make that change. i really think there is nothing to see here.

But this isn’t the Cowboys, and I don’t think there’s much to this story. More likely is that a crotchety old man likes to see his name in the papers and is looking to take credit for a joint decision. Fine. I mean, does Fisher want to leave? Doubtful. I mean, yeah, he probably wasn’t too excited to play VY, but then again, maybe he was ready and wanted to preserve KC to whatever extent he could. Either way, this same argument could have been made in 2006 after VY came in in Week 4 since that was Bud’s idea as well. But Fisher didn’t try to claim a breach, and again, why would he?

If you look back at successful franchises…you never here about the owner…his name is rarely mentioned. And if the owner does want to make a change, he has a closed door meeting with the coach, and the next the COACH comes out and says “we’re going to make a change”. Seems to me that it should have been handled in this manner, what do you guys think?

If Fisher wants out, I hope he doesn’t let the doorknob hit him in the ass on the way out and takes his gd Peyton jersey with him.

link is in the title of the post.

theres other ones here: http://kissingsuzykolber.uproxx.com/2009/12/this-man-deserves-the-badassest-nickname-humanly-possible.html#more-21911

is Li’l Ugly.

lol

Lienhart’s been waking up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat….all he can see is VY running for a National Title…and after Sunday, well, let’s just say they have him in a padded cell right now!!