I was expecting good things from Hixon this year. Last year, after seeing some film of him in college, and the way the ocaches talked about him, he sounded like a solid prospect. However I will agree with you. The man doesn;t move downfield enough. Great returners like Hester immediately start getting downfield. They find holes while they are getting yards. Hixon dances to much. To much, hop to left and move forward type of crap. The blockign is terrible infront of him, but that is no excuse for poor running IMO. The fumble is just another reason to not like his level of play on ST so far....
As for putting someone in like Selvin in there, I am mildly pessimistic about such transitions. Young from my understanding has never been a return man. It is not easy to just slot someone into the position. That's how you get muffed kicks. Ala Cedric Cobbs last year. Awareness of both people coming downfield, and catching the ball are important. I think Young provides the things you want physically from a returner, but I wouldn;t want him to be fitted into the position unless he had a couple weeks experience catching and fielding kicks in practice.
As for Slowik, I thought the guy should of been canned last year. Some players were held onto (like Andre Hall) only because of how they could contribute to ST in the future (even though Hal ldoesn;t suit up
). I want to see ST shaken up, and soon. At this pace they may do worse then last year, and that's making a statement, and not the type you want to....
Yeah, ST suck so far, and if it wasn;t for all of last years problems I wouldn;t be to worried about it. But seeing little to no improvement on ST from last year, I'm ready to pull the trigger personally on ST, and call them for what I've seen in 3 games.