Actually looking at this depth chart again, I think Duke is getting phased out of kick return.
Dorsett is still top two at PR and KR. Duke is now number 3 at KR though.
ding, ding..... winner
That is not the way I read it. If Duke was being phased out it would read Coley or Duke, not Coley or Dorsett.
It still ****es me off that Dorsett pranced down the field on the opening kickoff instead of turning around and blocking the guy that horse collared Duke. That was a dangerous play that could have gotten Duke seriously hurt. Should have been a penalty by the way.
It's the depth chart for one particular position, that being that names at the top are higher than names at the bottom. Notice how each WR/CB has their own 'depth chart'. The guys at the top take priority for the snaps. For example, in one of the WR positions, it says:
Philip Dorsett -OR-
Herb Waters
Malcolm Lewis
It means Dorsett and Waters are co-starters for the position and Lewis is backing both of them up. You know that's the case because Lewis's name is lower on the depth chart.
Notice the same thing is true for the KR position,
Philip Dorsett -OR-
Stacy Coley
Duke Johnson
Dorsett and Coley are co-starters for the position and Duke is lower on the depth chart. This suggests that Duke is being phased out of kick returns, not Dorsett. That's fine by me, because Duke is much too valuable to risk back there returning kicks, especially when Coley can be just as good or better.