Stefan Logan anyone? 'Yes please!' says the Aussie

by James Dator on Mar 10, 2010 12:20 PM EST

According to Fanhouse's article about the return of Antwaan Randle El to Pittsburgh they believe that PR and KR extraordinaire Stefan Logan may be a casualty in the coming weeks.

In logan I see everything the Panthers need, and then some.

Breakdown after the jump

Essentially Fanhouse's argument is that between Mewelde Moore, Mike Wallace, Randle El and Joe Burnett the Steelers have numerous players who can return punts if needed, calling having a specialized punt and kick returner 'a luxury'.

I think most Carolina Panthers' fans would agree: That's a luxury we'd love to treat ourselves too.

Techincally a RB Logan could be a minor player for the 2010 run game, figuring into very specialized situations, but it's his incindiary ability on returns that make him immensely valuable to the Panthers. Here are his 2009 stats:

Kick Return
Year	Team	G	Ret	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	20+	40+	FC	FUM
2009	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	55	1,466	26.7	83	0	43	4	0	1
TOTAL		16	55	1,466	26.7	83	0	43	4	0	1

Punt Return
Year	Team	G	Ret	RetY	Avg	Lng	TD	20+	40+	FC	FUM
2009	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	30	280	9.3	25	0	3	0	15	2
TOTAL		16	30	280	9.3	25	0	3	0	15	2

Let's compare those numbers with the Carolina Panthers' top performers of 2009:

Kick Return Statistics
Player	Returns	Yds	Yds/Ret	Long	TD
Mike Goodson	17	352	20.7	33	0
Tyrell Sutton	14	302	21.6	32	0
Kenny Moore	10	219	21.9	55	0

Punt Return Statistics
Player	Returns	FC	Yds/Ret	Long	TD
Captain Munnerlyn	31	10	9.0	37	0

Does anyone else thing this match makes as much sense as I do?

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Count me in...

We could use a guy like that to bolster our return game. I’m all for it.

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by BW Smith on Mar 10, 2010 12:29 PM EST reply actions

I like the sound of that.

With the fumbles though, do you know if those were before or after contact, and how many were lost?

All told sounds great, and if the Panthers picked him up it would definitely show that they were actually focusing on improving our ST this year. It would be so nice for Moore to be starting at the 35- 40 rather than the 10.

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by Oi2dwrld on Mar 10, 2010 12:41 PM EST reply actions

Get him!

As soon as he’s cut!

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by chinchillas sword on Mar 10, 2010 12:46 PM EST reply actions

If they are crazy enought o cut him for Randle-El

we should take a look. It would solve an immediate need

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by Jaxon on Mar 10, 2010 1:01 PM EST reply actions

I can hope

They will probably cut someone.

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by chinchillas sword on Mar 10, 2010 2:23 PM EST up reply actions

No TDs and 3 fumbles = incendiary?

Mmm. Not so sure. There may be a lot of draft picks who would do better.

by bigdavis on Mar 10, 2010 1:07 PM EST reply actions

That’s 3 fumbles on a total of 85 returns.

Munnerlyn, Goodson, Sutton and Moore combines for 72 returns and had 3 total fumbles.

As for the ‘no TDs’ only 14 different players had kick returns for touchdowns and only 3 players had more than one KR TD.

Logan ranked 4th in the NFL in yard per return among players with over 40 kick returns, and was only 0.8 yard per return off Josh Cribbs, who was #1. For my money, that’s incendiary.

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by James Dator on Mar 10, 2010 1:27 PM EST up reply actions

It's also incendiary when compared to what we currently have.

Which is not much of anything.

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by BW Smith on Mar 10, 2010 2:04 PM EST up reply actions

Okay - got me.

Let’s call him Burner!

by bigdavis on Mar 10, 2010 4:18 PM EST up reply actions

YES

We need this guy..

Mardy Gilyard could probably just as good, but what’s he a 2nd-3rd rounder?

by RaWrASaUrUs on Mar 10, 2010 3:45 PM EST reply actions

Yes, get this guy

I’ve liked him since preseason.

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by Flowing Willow on Mar 11, 2010 1:18 AM EST reply actions

Maybe the Bengals won;t draft a WR...

They signed Antonio Bryant

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by Jaxon on Mar 11, 2010 9:24 AM EST reply actions

Overpaid for him if you ask me.

Ochocinco’s not going to be happy they didn’t get T.O

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by James Dator on Mar 11, 2010 9:34 AM EST up reply actions

yeah...big risk

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by Jaxon on Mar 11, 2010 9:51 PM EST up reply actions

NO! Don't take Saint Logan away from us!

Seriously though, I wouldn’t mind seeing him go somewhere else. He is severely under-used on the Steelers and doesn’t really fit the play-style. Going somewhere with a quick ground game would suit him well. A good fit IMO.

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by svenhoek on Mar 12, 2010 3:17 PM EST reply actions