He'll catch screens, but he'll drop a lot of screens too. Ronnie will be catching Marshall Faulk-esque 50-yard TD passes. That's what will eventually distinguish these two players. It'll be just like comparing Marshall Faulk to Curtis Martin -- yeah they're both great runners and they can both catch, but Faulk adds another dimension to the entire offense that Martin doesn't. He creates mismatches and opens up the whole offense with his versatility. Players like that usually need a "spy" on the opposing defense -- someone who basically follows them around the field because they're so versatile and so dangerous from so many places on the field. And with one defender doing nothing but following an offensive player around, what do you think that does for the rest of the offense?
Problem is, with Ronnie weighing in at 233 and running a 4.4 40, who is that defender? Is it a linebacker? Mismatch. Is it a safety? Mismatch (safeties don't run 4.4 40s and they weigh 215 tops). Is it a cornerback? Mismatch (corners weigh 200 tops). It'll probably be a safety, but now you gotta watch out for Chris Chambers because now HE'S got single coverage just because Ronnie is so dangerous. Or if you wanna bring in 5 DBs and use the safety to spy on Ronnie, now Ricky (OR Ronnie) runs all over your 5 DB set.
In other words, at some point the Bucs' offensive coordinator will be wishing Cadillac could do for his offense what Ronnie does for ours.
And it won't be long.
Even Barry Sanders had his faults/inaccuracies that could be questioned.
