Agreed. Skrine excels in the slot. To move him to the outside would be a huge mistake. To me Hargreaves is the only CB worth taking between picks 10-20. Just doubt he falls to us.
I realize that, but it seems we can afford one or the other, but not both. So, if Mo drops his asking price to something reasonable like $12M/yr, does Macc sign up for that (and withdraw his offer to Fitz)? Or does he tell Mo "Sorry bro, that ship has sailed. We're holding out for Fitz"
If Mo drops to 12M, we gain almost 4M in space. Restructure Skrine and we have enough for Fitz and the rookies. But I doubt Mo would do that.
If their was a qb worth taking I don't think it would be a waste but I don't think Lynch is a 1st round qb
Oh ok, thanks for the clarification. I definitely agree that if Mac does covet a player enough to trade up that it would be for a player who can contribute immediately, and not a developmental/project-type player. In fact, aside from maybe Jaylon Smith if Mac thinks he will make a full recovery, I hope he won't take any player that can't contribute immediately.
we need a pass rusher and all 5 oline spots. we take a lineman or rusher and ill be happy. as far as qb, if we take one in round 1 im ok with it, regardless of how it happens. trading up, down, or staying put. if they believe in the guy then go get him.
yeah ur right, plus if Mo dropped his asking price to 12 there'd probably be 5 teams willing to trade for him.
In my opinion the first area of need will continue to be QB. If the brass thinks there is someone worthy on this draft or any draft even with some risk by all means pull the plug at any freaking round you see fit. Next area is OLB, LT, OG, CB and TE. But the draft will focus on BPA, period. If we have a match, then is a bullseye. If not, we continue to build from the draft across all areas.
i dont think skrine excels anywhere, he was pretty disappointing for a corner making nearly 8 million. who did he shut down in the slot? he certainly didnt slow down gronk or edelman. to me we need another corner. revis will be gone as soon as maybe next season and skrine isnt a guy you want to rely on.
yea, i mean mo turned down 13 million already. his best bet is to play out the franchise tag and look for a long term deal elsewhere on the open market
Well not many corners are going to shutdown Gronk and Edleman. If thats the standard then no CB out there is worth what he's being paid , though I agree 8 mil is too much for a slot CB , remember we signed him last offseason before Revis and Cro were signed. I think that had something to do with the overpayment. I wouldn't mind the team targeting a CB but wouldn't want one too early. To me Mackenzee Alexander is the best CB value pick in this draft but he's probably a slot guy too based on his size. Might wanna just give Williams a shot at starting for 1 year and if he flames out use next offseason/draft to target a CB , which we'll probably need to do anyways cause I think Revis is gone after this year too.
its not just the NE guys... its not like we dominated the slot WRs and tight ends. id say we were at best average there. and if im paying a guy 8 million he should be locking down the slot. to me he was our most disappointing defensive player last season. moreso then cro even. as far as marcus williams, he is just 1 corner. we need someone to replace revis too. and i dont like drafting for need. if a top corner is bpa or close this year id be fine taking him in the first it would be annoying, but long term we need good players everywhere. id prefer pass rusher or LT but i mean, we need a corner to replace revis
He excels as that CB coming off the edge and blitzing, his plays alone beat the Dolphins earlier last season. Can you tell me how many TDs, Skrine gave up last season? Because he name wasn't called all that much if I remember. I don't think he gave up that many TDs and big plays. Sometimes it's not about shutting players down completely, but avoiding the big play which I think Skrine did a decent job at.
slot guys arent big touchdown guys... they move the chains. skrine had 0 sacks and 4 QB pressures last year, 4 of which came in the dolphins game. id hardly call that "excelling at coming off the edge and blitzing" id call that miami doing a horrible job adjusting and the other 14 games on our schedule him not being a factor when blitzing. skrine did a decent job. im not paying 8 million for someone to be decent in a specialized role.
So the CB has to have a sack recorded in order to show he's capable of a CB blitz off the edge? Bowles used Skrine on like 5 straight plays running at the QB and he couldn't complete a pass to save his life. I think this was in the 4th QTR as well. We can say Miami did a shitty job, but that's on them at the end of the day, Jets executed the plays given to them. It was very amusing the watch.
