Parrish Gets Big Vote Of Confidence
October 30th, 2012
Roscoe Parrish doesn’t look like a good punt returner anymore like he was four years ago, but the leader of the New Schiano Order thinks otherwise.
Speaking on WDAE-AM 620 last night, Greg Schiano said he expects big things from Parrish in the second half of the season, and the head coach says he gets a special feeling when Parrish catches a punt.
“I do think Roscoe is the guy to do it. I think he’s experienced. He’s still got a lot of pop to him,” Schiano said. “You know, I get excited when he fields it. I kinda feel like something could happen. It hasn’t yet, but I think it will.”
Joe also gets excited when Parrish fields a punt. But it’s not for what might happen next; Joe’s only excited because Parrish, in fact, fielded it.
Joe hopes as much as the next fan that Schiano’s evaluation is correct and 30-year-old Parrish can revive his glory days with the Bills in 2007 and 2008, but Joe’s not seeing a dangerous punt return game in the Bucs’ future until they can address it in the offseason.
If you want to know how Parrish is “vibin’ in my car,” then check out this new video below from CBSSports.com.
- Caution, Parrish attempts to sing.
October 30th, 2012 at 12:26 pm
I get stressed, lol.
October 30th, 2012 at 12:44 pm
Parrish Makes The Tim Brown of ’04 look good in the punt return dept. I hope he proves me wrong…he was good in Buffalo once upon a time.
October 30th, 2012 at 12:47 pm
Desperation pickup. If he can stop fumbling then that’s good enough the rest of the way
October 30th, 2012 at 1:05 pm
He makes me nervous. Bucs return game doesn’t get talked about much,
but dayum it has been pitiful so far. They need to do something!
October 30th, 2012 at 1:23 pm
The video HITS ! It is very well recorded, and Parrish has good pitch. He should sing more! I hear he has a new, hit song in the making called “I am old, and I’m slow, don’t hit me no mo” ?
October 30th, 2012 at 1:36 pm
Wonder if his eye sight needs to be checked. Fumbling could be caused by depth perception.
October 30th, 2012 at 1:49 pm
I get excited when he signals for a fair catch!
October 30th, 2012 at 2:08 pm
When Miguel’s in Miami, riding through Upton in a convertible Mustang, he jams out to:
Rollin in my 5.0
With my ragtop down so my hair can blow
The girlies on standby
Waving just to say HI
Did you stop?
No–I just drove by
Kept on pursuing to the next stop
I busted a left and I’m heading to the next block
That block was dead
Yo–so I continued to A1A Beachfront Ave.
Girls were hot wearing less than bikinis
Rockman lovers driving Lamborghinis
Jealous ’cause I’m out getting mine
Shay with a guage and Vanilla with a nine
Reading for the chumps on the wall
The Chumps are acting ill because they’re so full of eight balls
Gunshots ranged out like a bell
I grabbed my nine–
All I heard were shells
Fallin on the concrete real fast
Jumped in my car, slammed on the gas
Bumper to bumper the avenue’s packed
I’m tryin to get away before the jackers jacke
Police on the scene
You know what I mean
They passed me up, confronted all the dope fiends
If there was a problem
Yo, I’ll solve it
Check out the hook while my DJ revolves it
Ice Ice Baby
October 30th, 2012 at 2:08 pm
“when Parrish catches a punt” is the key. Talk like this usually means he will be cut soon.
October 30th, 2012 at 2:25 pm
Punts are harder to catch than kickoffs. On punts the ball spirals and is affected by the wind, kickoffs are usually flipping end over end and usually land deep in the endzone resulting in touchbacks. Punts are usually shorter than kickoffs so there is less time to react once you catch the ball. The NFL punt return average is only about 11 yards per return. 11 yards is not a big enough reward to risk losing focus on catching the ball trying to get a headstart on the coverage team. If the returner would concentrate on securing the catch first and then fell to the ground would be better than taking their eyes off the ball looking for an open lane. Sure there is the 1 in 50 chance he could break it to the house, but the odds are still an 11 yard return avg. The risk outweighs the reward, especially since our offense has been efficiently moving the ball downfield from anywhere they start. Just catch the ball.
October 30th, 2012 at 2:53 pm
Joe, with Blount almost ineffective, why isn’t Mike Smith activated and why isn’t he fielding KOs and punts as he did in preseason, is there a problem?
October 30th, 2012 at 3:59 pm
OB:
Joe is equally perplexed.
October 30th, 2012 at 11:14 pm
relax homos, he muffed one ball that wasnt lost, he is still all world. be patient you inglorious bastards