The Brandon Jones watch is on.

That is a valuable roster slot this season.

to compete for a job… what I’m saying is let’s get ’em in pads, let ’em compete, and choose those who do the best job all around, including catching, BLOCKING, ST coverage units (which back-up WRs should be on as gunners and such), going for the first down on a 3rd down reception when about to be clobbered, not going out of bounds to avoid the contact a yard short of the first.

Speed is ALL that Ginn brings to the table… it’s not always enough (Ray Norton (9ers 1960), Jimmy Hines (Miami 1969), John Carlos (Philadelphia 1970), Renaldo “Skeets” Nehemiah (9ers ‘82), Darius Heyward Bey come to mind easily, I’m sure that there are MANY more examples). See bio’s below if interested… He has very suspect hands… Miami had demoted him from being their punt returner last season… why was that, if he’s God’s gift to punt returning?

Bio’s:
Ray Norton was the world’s top sprinter from 1958 thru early 1960, setting three world records in the 100y in 1958 and 1960, one in the 100 in 1959, and five in the 200 metres in 1959-60. He was AAU champion in the sprint double in both 1959 and 1960, and NCAA 200 champion in 1959. In 1959, he also won three gold medals at the Pan-American Games (100, 200, 4×100). He then won the 1960 Olympic Trials in both the 100 and 200 and entered Roma as heavy favorite in both sprints. But he performed poorly in Roma, placing sixth in both the 100 and 200, and in the final of the 4×100 relay, he outran the exchange zone, causing the United States team to be disqualified. He had a brief career in the NFL with the San Francisco 49ers as a runner and kick returned in 1960-61.

Jimmy Hines made track history at the 1968 AAU when he became the first man to better 10 seconds for 100m. He clocked a windy 9.8 that day in the heats, but had a legal 9.9 in the semis before losing the final to Charlie Greene, both runners recording a windy 10.0. In Mexico, Hines won the gold medal in 9.95 which was a world record for automatic timing. In the relay Hines took the baton in third place, but ran an outstanding anchor leg to give the U.S. a victory and another world record. After the 1968 Olympic season, Hines turned professional and had a brief career in pro football with the Miami Dolphins.

John Carlos had his greatest year in track and field in 1969, equaling the world 100-yard record of 9.1, winning the AAU 220-yard run, and leading San Jose State to its first NCAA championship with victories in the 100 and 220 and as a member of the 4×110-yard relay. He was also the gold medalist at 200 meters at the 1967 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and set indoor world bests in the 60-yard dash (5.9) and 220-yard dash (20.2).

During the period from 1978 until he turned to pro football in 1981, Renaldo Nehemiah was the greatest high hurdler on the planet. He was the world record holder, the first athlete to run the high hurdles in under 13 seconds, and probably would have been the 1980 Olympic champion if the U.S. had not boycotted those games. He was the world’s top-ranked high hurdler four straight years, from 1978 through 1981.