Honestly? That’s the most retarded thing I’ve heard in a while. You’re talking about wasting 2 drafted players who haven’t been given a shot in favor of a kick return specialist and an unproven rookie. When is it going to end around here?

The Colts have enough receivers as it is..IMO…so if they traded for Parrish there is even less of a need. But I like this move for the right price. How many years are left on his contract?…if it’s his final year, then I think it would need to be a sign-and-trade, which I doubt the Colts can afford..

Kicking away from a player isn’t useless, far from it. That’s actually how much a player like Hester adds to a team. Other teams are willing to forfeit 20-30 yards of field position to keep it away from players like him. It’s not easy to kick a ball out of bounds, you lose a ton of distance. Teams were either kicking it out of bounds on kickoffs on purpose, or trying to squib it and the Bears would just let it bounce out of bounds and take it on the 40 just to keep him from touching it. Hester was 10 times more of a threat to score than the Bears offense was. He WAS their offense.

I’m trying to figure this out exactly. 50 yards on a football field is 50 yards right? So why would 50 yards returning a kick not be as good as calling a fair catch and then throwing a 50 yard pass? I mean it’s the exact same thing, it’s the exact same distance. You’ve just moved your team up the same distance someone else did. With a player like Hester, every single one of those punts or kickoffs is basically the same thing as Peyton seeing Gonzo or Reggie wide open and chucking it down the field. Who knows, maybe they catch it, maybe they don’t, but in terms of Hester, he was catching those 50 yard bombs on a pretty consistent basis. Not to mention it’s electrifying and can either completely charge your team and deflate someone elses team in a blink of an eye.

By the way, Hester had 1874 return yards in 2007, 4 punt return TDs, 2 kick return, 2 receiving and 299 receiving yards. So Hester’s contribution to the team was 2173 yards and 8 TDs. I’d say that’s worth quite a bit. I think you undervalue what a great returner could do for our offense.

And maybe Parrish just never developed as a receiver because, well I mean he had J.P. Lossman and T. Edwards trying to get him the ball. I wouldn’t give up too much for me, maybe we should trade 1 of our 30 LBs for him. Now if you were talking about Cribbs, that’s a different story. I’d give up a 5th for Cribbs.

Maybe you all have followed the Bills games closer than I did (it wouldn’t take much). However, on NFL.com in the videos section I took a look at some of what Roscoe did “highlights-wise” last year. He seems like a deep threat, something people around here have been pandering for, and a potentially dominant return man. Add to that we’d STILL have Hall, Garcon, Giguere and Smith for the WR position and I can’t see what’s not to like. If he sucks as a WR, fine, pass him up, unless we can get a return man who’s had only a short time to prove himself for very little in return (no pun intended).