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Originally Posted by JAFF

Is there anyone other than Chester who can reliably catch a punt?

Reliably, I don't think so.

Catching and returning punts is becoming a lost art. Colleges don't use their best guys to do it anymore. And college teams have so many scholarship players they can find a guy who does it well keeping their best players free for the offense.

And of course its the best guys that get drafted. NFL rosters are so small they don't have that luxury. Unless you're the best on your NFL team, you will have to play special teams, but the player probably hasn't played special teams since middle school. If you are a good player, and you have special teams experience, it may actually help you make a roster.

Same concept of why Cambell was playing outside receiver. Cambell could do it, and he could run the whole route tree if they worked on it with him. But he played the slot so well and he did those plays so well, why move him? They also had good guys that could play the outside effectively. College specializes their players more, but the NFL requires versatility.