kcchief19
12-23-2006, 10:47 PM
I drafted Shaun with the 14th pick in the first round from Florida State because I needed to upgrade both my wideouts, and he looked like an outstanding prospect. He also was highly rated in punt returns, so that was a plus.
As a receiver, he's been everything I hoped for. He came out of rooking training camp something like 37/64 and at the end of his second season he was 69/69. My coach runs a ball control offense, so we typically spread the ball around pretty well. His first two years in the league he has 115 catches for 1,485. Solid for my team.
His punt return numbers have been phenomenal. In two seasons he has 992 punt return yards for a 13.6 average. In his second season he set the league record for punt return yards in a season with 671 (590 was the old mark). I'm 20 years into this career and the career mark is 1,982, so he's almost halfway there in two seasons -- and he missed three games in his rookie season.
I'm interested to see if he can keep this up. I've rarely had a a player who was so dominant in one specific area that he basically left everyone else in the dust, even if it is an obscure specialty.
Unfortunately, it does highlight one of the maddening characteristics of FOF -- the dreaded player who is rated 100 punt returns and ZERO for kick off returns.
Oddly, his arrival in Kansas City coincided with a sudden turnaround in performance. We were a .500 team before he got here, inexplicably losing games despite having a well rated roster. In the last two seasons, we've had the league's top defense, top offense and top record, although we've been upset in the playoffs both years. The only other significant changes on the team has been the addition of a stud free agent MLB and the development of a draft pick into a run-stopping DT. But I've lost my bookend stude defensive ends and have average guys playing there, and I've lost both my all-pro safeties. Could having a special teams player who makes that big of a difference in field position make that big of a difference on a team?
As a receiver, he's been everything I hoped for. He came out of rooking training camp something like 37/64 and at the end of his second season he was 69/69. My coach runs a ball control offense, so we typically spread the ball around pretty well. His first two years in the league he has 115 catches for 1,485. Solid for my team.
His punt return numbers have been phenomenal. In two seasons he has 992 punt return yards for a 13.6 average. In his second season he set the league record for punt return yards in a season with 671 (590 was the old mark). I'm 20 years into this career and the career mark is 1,982, so he's almost halfway there in two seasons -- and he missed three games in his rookie season.
I'm interested to see if he can keep this up. I've rarely had a a player who was so dominant in one specific area that he basically left everyone else in the dust, even if it is an obscure specialty.
Unfortunately, it does highlight one of the maddening characteristics of FOF -- the dreaded player who is rated 100 punt returns and ZERO for kick off returns.
Oddly, his arrival in Kansas City coincided with a sudden turnaround in performance. We were a .500 team before he got here, inexplicably losing games despite having a well rated roster. In the last two seasons, we've had the league's top defense, top offense and top record, although we've been upset in the playoffs both years. The only other significant changes on the team has been the addition of a stud free agent MLB and the development of a draft pick into a run-stopping DT. But I've lost my bookend stude defensive ends and have average guys playing there, and I've lost both my all-pro safeties. Could having a special teams player who makes that big of a difference in field position make that big of a difference on a team?