Rush OLB. Haven't seen enough from thomas....especially as a pass rush specialist. Hopefully the CS can turn him into a force we'd hope he'd be. NT - I'm worried about Robertson's bad knees, and I no longer think we can count on him to be a force year in/year out. We'll certainly need bigger things from him this year for our defense to make a smooth transition to the 3-4
RB - Martin, Houston, Blaylock, Washington - B (but give me Petersen next year) WR - Coles, Cotchery, McCareins, Smith - B OL - A weakness becomes a strength by mid season - B TE - Don't really like anyone as a starter - C DE - Ellis and Kimo very good if NT steps up - B DT - Not sold on Robertson - C OLB - I'm really liking Barton and Thomas here - B S - We have a great bunch of young safeties - B QB - Pennington, Ramsey, Clemens, one will be a star - B Coaching - So far so good, but too soon - INC I chose TE and DT.
DE- With Abe gone you will experience the ripple effect. Where is CB or DB? IMO, your inexperineced CB situation is loose at best. You have no dominant DB on the team at all. I would also put S, but both are set to be young projects and rising solid starters, etc, so you can't really hate on that. RB and QB are deff the main needs FOR THE FUTURE. That may be as soon as next year, true, but still not now. With the casts of players you have in both positions, you can make it through the year. It's not like you have a choice or any other option (unless you want like Collins or something).
there are plenty of teams that get by without a dominant CB. its more important to have a secondary that works well as a unit and cover for eachothers mistakes.
Not only CB, but DB all together. Most good teams have at least ONE guy that forces some sort of adjustment. Some have two!
I agreed with a lot of people in that DT is our biggest need. So I should also be right in saying Robertson was a HUGE bust at #4. I hated the pick then and hate it even more now.
