Chris Gamble was Benched?

[CatMan72]

I hope they work this thing out with Gamble, at the end of the day he's a darn good CB.

[YourMomsLover]

Why does everyone think shut down corners grow on trees?

Because they do...Richard Marshall was the rotten CB lying on the ground when we picked him.

Ask Baltimore what orchard they picked theirs from. Apparently its abundant.

[AceMan]

Our CB situation is definitely scary in the near future...

I hope more comes out about this though.

[Chaos]

Ineffective, checked out, mouthing off, whatever the reason, the guy hasn't been earning that ridiculous contract of his this season.

[Baschski]

Because they do...Richard Marshall was the rotten CB lying on the ground when we picked him.

Ask Baltimore what orchard they picked theirs from. Apparently its abundant.

1. Marshall is a pretty good corner. The negative opinion of him on this board is based on two or three bad games from a season in which every person on our team has had bad games.

2. Baltimore does not have a shut down corner so I have no idea what you're talking about.

3. There are less than five shut down corners in the NFL. Far from abundant.

[YourMomsLover]

1. Marshall is a pretty good corner. The negative opinion of him on this board is based on two or three bad games from a season in which every person on our team has had bad games.

2. Baltimore does not have a shut down corner so I have no idea what you're talking about.

3. There are less than five shut down corners in the NFL. Far from abundant.

1. Don't you just love mediocrity?

2. Yea, for some reason I was thinkin "entire secondary".

3.Less than five? Aso, Bailey, Samuel, Finnegan, Revis, Woodson, and I could keep going...

Edit: Greer, Leon Hall, Rodgers Cromartie....

[Baschski]

3.Less than five? Aso, Bailey, Samuel, Finnegan, Revis, Woodson, and I could keep going...

Edit: Greer, Leon Hall, Rodgers Cromartie....

Aso, Revis, Woodson. You could argue for one or two more of these guys but to call each one of them a "shut down corner" is an exaggeration.

[MrCreep77]

Gamble is way overpaid for what he is to us. He is marginal at best. The guy is forever getting burnt on something. He is slightly better than Marshall. he probably has good trade value though. I would for sure trade his ass for a second rounder. This guy takes up way to much cap space and aint worth it in the end.

[KatsAzz]

Also why did Goodson start over Stewart?

Because he had 100 yard games in the two previous games,while Stewart set out with a concussion.

So naturally he deserved the start until proven otherwise.

[WilkinsonDonnie]

Charles Woodson is no longer a shut down corner. We need to upgrade our pass rush before we upgrade corner. Thats the only reason the Ravens arnt torched through the passing game all the time.

[SOJA]

our corners are pretty good. its really hard to cover an NFL receiver when you are getting zero pass rush outside of Charles Johnson

[CatMan72]

Interesting take on Gamble's benching from rotoworld.com:

Gamble is Carolina's top cover corner, but also one of the poorest tacklers at his position in the league. Against a Browns team that struggles horribly to pass but is great on the ground, it didn't make much sense to use Gamble as an every-down player. He should be back on the first team next week.

[OnlyPantherFaninMaine]

Gamble is way overpaid for what he is to us. He is marginal at best. The guy is forever getting burnt on something. He is slightly better than Marshall. he probably has good trade value though. I would for sure trade his ass for a second rounder. This guy takes up way to much cap space and aint worth it in the end.

Part of me is thinking that if Luck is not available with our 1st pick, Patrick Peterson or the kid from Nebraska would make sense. If Gamble were to be traded, it would be HUGE to get our 2nd rounder back, though I'm not so sure we could even get a second for him.

But hopefully Luck is available.

[Kakarot]

People in here talking about trading Gamble...and then what?!! We're screwed if that happens. We're already going to lose Marshall, we cant afford to lose Gamble also. Gamble may be in a lil slump right now, but he's still our best corner and has been pretty good for us over the years. It also helps that he's still pretty young.

LOL, Gamble is a poor tackler though