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SB could be injured on any play. What makes the kickoff return "not as important" as the next play they run from scrimmage. Yards are yards. If your 230 lb, 4.33 guy is your best kickoff returner....what is the difference if Sanders returns it to the 25, and then on first down SB carries if for 5 to the 30. Or SB returns the kick to the 30?
Get the ball in your playmakers hands. Steelers have used their best offensive player, Antonio Brown, as the punt returner because he's great at it.
I'm not going to change anyone's mind, and that's fine.
Right. I would just think that yards are yards and plays are plays - give your best player a break. If it's a 'situational' thing where he's used sparingly, I'm all for it. But like you say - if Sanders can get 25 yards, let him.