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Louisville Slugger
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First off I want to say that most rules dont apply to Cribbs. QBs arent supposed to be pro bowl KRers.

Cribbs has done a great job on kick coverage and tackles well.

We are spread pretty thin at CB position and Cribbs has the speed, size, and tackling ability to play the position. I know there is more to being a CB then that but its a good foundation to build on.

CB is the easist position to learn. You either stay in the WRs pocket or play your zone. Some people can do it some cant.

What would you guys think of giving him a shot in an emergency role.

If he picks CB up like STs he will put McDonald or Wright on the bench by the end of the season.
 
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I pull my hair out everytime he walks onto the field on the punt coverage team. We cant risk him getting injured doing a job we can teach some scrub to do.


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Thats why you play the game you cant be scared a players going to get hurt.

He could be hurt just as easily getting out of the bathtub.
 
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Too big, too strong, too tight.

He runs straight ahead and has no hip swivel. I doubt he could even play safety.



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Beat me to it, Riff.
 
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crack anyone?
 
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choco
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why do people want cribbs to play anything but what he already does?

why not try him at ILB since he can run sideline to sideline?
 
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CB is the easist position to learn.



Possibly....and possibly the hardest to play.


Forget that idea.






If everybody had like minds, we would never learn.
 
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Cribbs is a fantastic ST player and a real joy to watch on the occaisional trick/gadjet plays. However, with PR/KR and kickoff coverage, his asthma just won't let him play much more. I recall a number of times he was taking meds (inhaler) and oxygen on the sidelines to keep him in the game. Unfortunately, this is why he isn't and 'every down' kind of player, and may never be.


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I'm sorry but that doesn't make any sense at all. He played QB, of course he could be an every-down type of player. But the NFL doesn't need more Deion Sanders. Cribbs is and always will be a KR/Gunner. He plays much bigger than he is, and I highly doubt that re-learning a new position would benefit anyone, if anything it would hurt his current specialties. I think Cribbs should be used as a gimmick QB, occasional WR, and KR. I'm a little apprehensive about him being a gunner, but he LOVES it.
 
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IMO, I don't want to mess with a pro bowler even if it is a special teams player. What I would like to see added to his resumme are some more 3rd down back packages. Putting him in the backfield would cause all kinds of match up problems. He can split out. He can take a hand off or a direct snap and run or throw. I gotta think he would surpass what SLASH used to do at pissburgh.

Now, I'm talking about 4 or 5 plays a game not full time, but they do have plays for him. They just didn't run many last year.
 
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Thats why you play the game you cant be scared a players going to get hurt.

He could be hurt just as easily getting out of the bathtub.


I hope you know the difference between getting out of the bathtub and making a tackle in the National Football League, and I assume you do. I think Cribbs should concentrate on being the best kick/punt returner he can be. Just because he can do something doesnt mean he should. By your logic Braylon should be a CB too but hes a Pro Bowl WR, just as Cribbs is a Pro Bowl RS. In addition to that, i think Cribbs has asthma or some other respiratory thing that would wear him down too much. I am not in favor of anything that takes away from what he does best. I cant believe how spoiled, greedy, and shortsided most of us (including me) can be with this team...we have o line depth finally, so we want to trade good backups? How much sense does that make. An injury to Cribbs could easily make a similar impact as what an injury to the o line would be.


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Louisville Slugger
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I was just trying to think outside the box and start conversation, no need to call me spoiled.

Watching a football game and hoping noone gets hurt is just crazy. You dont treat these guys like glass you put whoever gives you the best chance to win on the field.

Ill admit I wouldnt be excited if it came to the point were Cribbs had to be used as a CB, I was just asking if he was capable. Troy Brown did it.

I do agree he should be used in the offense a little more but at the same time we have D.Stallworth. Stallworth is going to see his share of screens and reverses.
 
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I'm sorry but that doesn't make any sense at all. He played QB, of course he could be an every-down type of player. But the NFL doesn't need more Deion Sanders. Cribbs is and always will be a KR/Gunner. He plays much bigger than he is, and I highly doubt that re-learning a new position would benefit anyone, if anything it would hurt his current specialties. I think Cribbs should be used as a gimmick QB, occasional WR, and KR. I'm a little apprehensive about him being a gunner, but he LOVES it.


What part if this don't make sense AdaM? He has asthma..fact. QB does not run 30+ yards on every play, thus, he could play every down in that capacity. Unfortuantley, thats not what we are talking about. Return and coverage is all about running up and down the field. WR is running routes every single play. CB is running with the receiver every play. Thats not taking 3-5 steps and throwing. HUGE difference, especially when you have asthma. Personally, my hats off to him for doing as much as he does and doing it on a pro bowl level.


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Simple take here: why fcuk with what works.


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I think the thing we all need to realize is that this team is now BEYOND the point where we need one guy to do more than his own role. We have players in every area that can get the job done...so no more spreading the talent thin.

We have to stop thinking like we have a team that has limited players with skills and start thinking like we have a team with MULTIPLE players who can fill each position.

As for Cribbs...I like him as our ST guy...both as kickoff returner and as a gunner. If we can find a guy to take the punt returns (he is just good at that, not great) I would love it. That would free him up for a few more gadget plays if we want...but as for using him even as a WR, I no longer see the need. We have depth...and depth is a beautiful thing!!!


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AdaM
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I'm sorry but that doesn't make any sense at all. He played QB, of course he could be an every-down type of player. But the NFL doesn't need more Deion Sanders. Cribbs is and always will be a KR/Gunner. He plays much bigger than he is, and I highly doubt that re-learning a new position would benefit anyone, if anything it would hurt his current specialties. I think Cribbs should be used as a gimmick QB, occasional WR, and KR. I'm a little apprehensive about him being a gunner, but he LOVES it.


What part if this don't make sense AdaM? He has asthma..fact. QB does not run 30+ yards on every play, thus, he could play every down in that capacity. Unfortuantley, thats not what we are talking about. Return and coverage is all about running up and down the field. WR is running routes every single play. CB is running with the receiver every play. Thats not taking 3-5 steps and throwing. HUGE difference, especially when you have asthma. Personally, my hats off to him for doing as much as he does and doing it on a pro bowl level.


Cribbs played quarterback at Kent State University, where he is the all-time total offense leader with 10,839 yards. He is one of only three players in NCAA history to record both 1,000 yards passing and 1,000 yards rushing in as many as two different seasons, the others being Beau Morgan of Air Force and Vince Young of Texas. Cribbs, in fact, accomplished the feat three times. In his career, he passed for 55 touchdowns and ran for 38 more. His 38 rushing touchdowns are a Kent State record. In addition, he holds the Kent State school record for career pass completions (616), pass attempts (1,123), passing yardage (7,169), touchdowns scored (41), and points scored (246).

Cribbs is also the only player in NCAA history to lead his team in both rushing and passing in four different seasons.

Looks like he ran quite a bit to me?
 
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Well forget the CB idea, however I would like to see Cribbs on the field more just in general. It seems the only time he's on the field on offense it means we are going to run a trick play to him. The defenses key on him. Even with that he still made some plays (the 2pt conversion in the arizona game still makes me shake my head and chuckle). However we need to have him all over the place, hell I would even let him run the ball once or twice (which is essentially he's doing on end arounds)


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We are using cribbs perfectly. kicks, punts.gunner How many games has he changed doing just what he is right now. Get him in on a few 3rd down 3 and 4 reciever sets, couple gadget plays... They are doing exactly the right things with him. I am just waiting for the cribbs sweep pass play... every 4-5 games or so... keep the other teams real nervous.. First we need to hit one for 6..then everyone is worried.
 
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Guardian
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I'm sorry but that doesn't make any sense at all. He played QB, of course he could be an every-down type of player. But the NFL doesn't need more Deion Sanders. Cribbs is and always will be a KR/Gunner. He plays much bigger than he is, and I highly doubt that re-learning a new position would benefit anyone, if anything it would hurt his current specialties. I think Cribbs should be used as a gimmick QB, occasional WR, and KR. I'm a little apprehensive about him being a gunner, but he LOVES it.


What part if this don't make sense AdaM? He has asthma..fact. QB does not run 30+ yards on every play, thus, he could play every down in that capacity. Unfortuantley, thats not what we are talking about. Return and coverage is all about running up and down the field. WR is running routes every single play. CB is running with the receiver every play. Thats not taking 3-5 steps and throwing. HUGE difference, especially when you have asthma. Personally, my hats off to him for doing as much as he does and doing it on a pro bowl level.


Cribbs played quarterback at Kent State University, where he is the all-time total offense leader with 10,839 yards. He is one of only three players in NCAA history to record both 1,000 yards passing and 1,000 yards rushing in as many as two different seasons, the others being Beau Morgan of Air Force and Vince Young of Texas. Cribbs, in fact, accomplished the feat three times. In his career, he passed for 55 touchdowns and ran for 38 more. His 38 rushing touchdowns are a Kent State record. In addition, he holds the Kent State school record for career pass completions (616), pass attempts (1,123), passing yardage (7,169), touchdowns scored (41), and points scored (246).

Cribbs is also the only player in NCAA history to lead his team in both rushing and passing in four different seasons.

Looks like he ran quite a bit to me?


Geezzzz, you just don't get it, do you? Or perhaps you just like beating a dead horse in hopes you can get him to still cross the finish line? You are usually alot more perceptive than this, but whatever.

Add up the amount of yards each game a WR runs (figure 15-20yrd per down) and in about 2-3 games he already passed 1,000 yds. HUGE difference from rushing 1,000 yrds a SEASON. Its that kind of constant running Cribbs physically cannot handle. Perhaps you might wanna actually WATCH him after his returns. Sometimes he's taking an inhaler and others oxygen. 15-20 yards once in a while don't hurt him much, but those long runs take everything out of him. He's already said so himself last season while explaining why he slowed down at the end of a TD run. So, if you don't believe me, at least believe the guy himself for pete's sake!!


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