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Courtney Roby's role leads today's first installment of the New Orleans Saints mailbag
by Jeff Duncan, The Times-Picayune
Friday September 18, 2009, 10:52 AM
Another round of excellent questions. There were so many queries that I'm going to file another mailbag tomorrow so I can answer them all.
On to today's Q&A:
Q: Where do you see Courtney Roby contributing more on special teams, returning kickoffs or in kick coverage? Robert Meachem did a solid job returning kicks. Do think he'll still get those opportunities or are they now Roby's? Secondly, why doesn't Reggie Bush get a shot returning kickoffs? He did it at USC and clearly, he isn't going to get more than about 5-8 carries a game with the emergence of Bell and Pierre Thomas coming back. Why not give Reggie more ways to contribute? Ernie Ballard, Baton Rouge.
A: Roby and Mike Bell are going to be the primary return men on kickoffs. I thought Meachem looked hesitant on his returns after the nice opening run-back. Roby is more decisive and might have equal top-end speed. The only reason I think the Saints don't use Bush on kickoffs is because they want to keep him healthy for 16 games. There are some violent collisions on kickoffs and the Saints might not want to risk losing Bush to an injury. He doesn't have the biggest frame in the world and takes some violent hits when he's on the field.
More: http://www.nola.com/saints/index.ssf/2009/09/_another_round_of_excellent.html
by Jeff Duncan, The Times-Picayune
Friday September 18, 2009, 10:52 AM
Another round of excellent questions. There were so many queries that I'm going to file another mailbag tomorrow so I can answer them all.
On to today's Q&A:
Q: Where do you see Courtney Roby contributing more on special teams, returning kickoffs or in kick coverage? Robert Meachem did a solid job returning kicks. Do think he'll still get those opportunities or are they now Roby's? Secondly, why doesn't Reggie Bush get a shot returning kickoffs? He did it at USC and clearly, he isn't going to get more than about 5-8 carries a game with the emergence of Bell and Pierre Thomas coming back. Why not give Reggie more ways to contribute? Ernie Ballard, Baton Rouge.
A: Roby and Mike Bell are going to be the primary return men on kickoffs. I thought Meachem looked hesitant on his returns after the nice opening run-back. Roby is more decisive and might have equal top-end speed. The only reason I think the Saints don't use Bush on kickoffs is because they want to keep him healthy for 16 games. There are some violent collisions on kickoffs and the Saints might not want to risk losing Bush to an injury. He doesn't have the biggest frame in the world and takes some violent hits when he's on the field.
More: http://www.nola.com/saints/index.ssf/2009/09/_another_round_of_excellent.html