Dallas Interested In Peppers

[Smitty]

The problem is, if you look at every "top CB in a draft" as a Blue Chip Prospect, then you are doing it wrong.

And if you think Claiborne was different than most other "top CB in a draft" prospects, you are also doing it wrong.

 

[boozeman]

Sure, as long as you plan to use them to their strengths and stick to it.

We could be running a press defense right now and Claiborne would still lack ball skills and the proper mental framework to be a great CB.

The whole idea he was miscast is just overblown. We were not running zone coverages each and every single down last year and just wasted his immense talent.

And no, investing that much money and draft resources at CB is utterly stupid. We paid Carr, extended Scandrick and traded a good draft choice for a guy like Claiborne. All because we just had to have "enough CBs", since we all know you just can't get enough of them.

 

[Cotton]

We could be running a press defense right now and Claiborne would still lack ball skills and the proper mental framework to be a great CB.

The whole idea he was miscast is just overblown. We were not running zone coverages each and every single down last year and just wasted his immense talent.

And no, investing that much money and draft resources at CB is utterly stupid. We paid Carr, extended Scandrick and traded a good draft choice for a guy like Claiborne. All because we just had to have "enough CBs", since we all know you just can't get enough of them.

It's a horrific way to go about building a team. Start on the lines? No sirrie. We will start in the secondary and devote a shit ton of resources there leaving the trenches lacking. It's retarded.

 

[Clay_Allison]

We could be running a press defense right now and Claiborne would still lack ball skills and the proper mental framework to be a great CB.

The whole idea he was miscast is just overblown. We were not running zone coverages each and every single down last year and just wasted his immense talent.

And no, investing that much money and draft resources at CB is utterly stupid. We paid Carr, extended Scandrick and traded a good draft choice for a guy like Claiborne. All because we just had to have "enough CBs", since we all know you just can't get enough of them.

I could have gone with either/or. Doing both Claiborne and Carr was utterly unnecessary.

 

[Smitty]

I could have gone with either/or. Doing both Claiborne and Carr was utterly unnecessary.

We should have gone with neither.

We should have invest Carr's contract into Grubbs or Nicks. We should have stayed put and drafted Brockers and Wagner, or on that trade up should have taken Fletcher Cox.

We should have signed 2 mid tier FA CBs like Dwight Lowery or Aaron Ross or Kelvin Hayden. We'd have been fine.

Boom.... I just turned 2 CBs into 2 CBs, an All Pro Guard, and a starting LB and DT.

 

[Carp]

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

 

[Cotton]

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

 

[Clay_Allison]

We should have gone with neither.

We should have invest Carr's contract into Grubbs or Nicks. We should have stayed put and drafted Brockers and Wagner, or on that trade up should have taken Fletcher Cox.

We should have signed 2 mid tier FA CBs like Dwight Lowery or Aaron Ross or Kelvin Hayden. We'd have been fine.

Boom.... I just turned 2 CBs into 2 CBs, an All Pro Guard, and a starting LB and DT.

As bad as the coverage the previous year was I can see overdoing the response a little (which would be either/or or a cheaper corner and a halfway decent safety). Wouldn't have stopped us from signing Grubbs or drafting your boy DeCastro.

 

[Plan9Misfit]

It's a horrific way to go about building a team. Start on the lines? No sirrie. We will start in the secondary and devote a shit ton of resources there leaving the trenches lacking. It's retarded.

It's fundamentally fucking retarded. The reasons why teams win championships isn't because of their fucking secondaries. It's because their d-lines are utterly dominant. Even Seattle's.