As the summer wore on, it became safer and safer to assume that Calvin Ridley was not going to get a serious crack at returning kickoffs. He figures to have a major role on offense, after all, and the team has traditionally been reluctant to expose stars and potential stars to returns, which involve a lot of running very fast and being hit at very high speeds in addition to running very fast and being hit at very high speeds on whilst being a receiver.
Yet that may have changed. Dan Quinn saw Ito Smith drop a couple of kicks on Friday while Marvin Hall also had some trouble corralling, and the team has given very little thought and playing time for either Justin Hardy or Isaiah Oliver at those spots.