Giants cut their punt returner

[MightyGiants]

https://x.com/nfl_dovkleiman/status/1719093171605405996?s=46&t=1vcQIN8GqF5J2oLdxEVEJQ

[B1GBLUE]

uhhh ok. that was some of the best punt returning ive seen in recent memory from us. sad as that sounds.

[Ed Vette]

uhhh ok. that was some of the best punt returning ive seen in recent memory from us. sad as that sounds.

You can say that again. He was the best part of Special Teams yesterday.

[DaveBrown74]

Apparently this guy is a ball security disaster waiting to happen. I have two separate friends (totally unrelated and don't know each other) who are both Steelers fans and both expressed shock to me that we signed him.

[gregf]

Yah, I can't figure this one out.  He looked way smoother than Gray fielding the ball

[gregf]

Apparently this guy is a ball security disaster waiting to happen. I have two separate friends (totally unrelated and don't know each other) who are both Steelers fans and both expressed shock to me that we signed him.

Good Intel.   Thanks

[Sem]

Still, this begs the question, if not him then who?

[DaveBrown74]

Still, this begs the question, if not him then who?

I don't have an answer to that question, but there is no reason why I would as I am an amateur. I'm sure they have some ideas.

[MightyGiants]

Apparently this guy is a ball security disaster waiting to happen. I have two separate friends (totally unrelated and don't know each other) who are both Steelers fans and both expressed shock to me that we signed him.

I noticed he held the ball in the wrong arm, on one return (he didn't hold the ball in the arm away from the defenders)

[DaveBrown74]

I guess here may be the answer (or an answer):

https://twitter.com/PLeonardNYDN/status/1719102836707909872

[MightyGiants]

https://x.com/jordanraanan/status/1719108647484080506?s=46&t=1vcQIN8GqF5J2oLdxEVEJQ

[MightyGiants]

https://x.com/pleonardnydn/status/1719102836707909872?s=46&t=1vcQIN8GqF5J2oLdxEVEJQ

[kartanoman]

Looks like they have plans to pick up Olszewski later this week.

While he may have been run out of Pittsburgh for fumbling in the past, he most definitely looked like an experienced punt returner who knew how to position himself before making the catch, was confident in catching the ball, and looked to protect the ball as he took off on his returns. If he can play them all like he did yesterday, then I have no problem keeping him back there for the rest of the season.

Hopefully he'll be back next weekend.

Peace!

[DaveBrown74]

If he can play them all like he did yesterday, then I have no problem keeping him back

He has ability. There's a reason he is available though, and that is that he also has a significant fumbling problem. 10 fumbles in 81 career punt returns. That's not a low percentage at all. And there is no evidence that the problem has improved in recent years.

Maybe he will prove to have been worth the gamble. But there's definitely a reason he has been let go by every team he has played for so far.

[Blue Since ‘62]

Ball security is important.