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Kassim Osgood Gift Wrapped for the Jacksonville Jaguars

June 6, 2010   ·     ·   Jump to comments

As a die-hard Charger fan, one of my biggest regrets over the past few years was that they didn't utilize Kassim Osgood enough.
Osgood, I hate to admit, was way under-appreciated in San Diego, and personally I don't blame him for leaving in free agency.
Most players in the NFL these days leave a team in search of money. Osgood left just to find some playing time, and who could fault him for that?
Osgood had been with the Chargers for seven years and watched many players come and go. He sat patiently waiting for his chance from the sideline, as other receivers came in and became stars before his eyes.
Osgood has become one of the best special teamers in the NFL, making the Pro Bowl several times. He earned just $1,050,000 last season in doing so. Keeping a guy like this around is a real value.
At 6'5" and 230 pounds of blazing speed, I always suspected Osgood could have become one of the league's premier receiving threats, but for some reason it just never panne...

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