How Bad Do We Need A Cb? Read This!

[cotblock]

I hope we do take a corner, but maybe in the 3rd.

We have no 3rd...We spent that on Greg Olsen (wisely). To get a 3rd, we'd have to trade for it.

[DawgzLife]

Funny, I was just coming back to post that I forgot about that...it hit me after I posted. Thanks for the correction!

We should not trade, IMO....I'm tired of seeing them give away picks & get poor quality players in return for the picks.

[Snake]

You think CB is our biggest need. I don't. In fact, I think LB and DT are bigger needs. Given that, why would I use our only first round pick on what I consider to be the team's 3rd most pressing need? That is what doesn't make sense. At least at CB we have a prospect that may be really good. Same with DT. But who do we have at LB? Right now, 2 guys coming off of career-threatening injuries, one who will be playing on a ghost of a knee and another who will be at best, according to the odds, 80-85% of his old self. Now, perhaps Beason can beat the odds...hell, if he plays at all he's already beaten the odds...but lets say he goes even further and comes back at 90% of his old self. Will having Dre or Gilmore help us reach the playoffs if we have Anderson/90% Beason/Senn at LB? Remember our DC and his scheme, you know, the one that relies heavily on LBs to make plays and disrupt the passing game?

Go back and examine who the best rookie CB was last year. How did he do in coverage? Should we expect Dre or Gilmore to surpass that? I certainly don't expect Hogan to surpass that if he is the starter. Will that be better than Capt.? Probably, but not by a lot. When was the last rookie CB who had a huge impact apart from ST? Compare that to DT and LB...rookies impact virtually every year. Good CB play is a product of multiple years of experience.

I've been saying all along that we should trade our 9th pick...even if Claiborne is available...for multiple picks. That way we can get a minimum of 3 good players in the first 2 rounds...hopefully at least one of which will have a pretty significant impact this year. We do need another CB, but not at the expense of our only first round pick. If we can trade that for a lower first rounder and another 2nd, hopefully we can land Gilmore, who I'd pick over Dre every time. But using our 9th pick on a CB is, for me, not a good move.

Then again, if we trade up to take Claiborne, I won't think the sky is falling. I'll just be reminded that our staff knows way more than I do.

If you think LB and DT are bigger needs then you just showed everyone how clueless you really are. CB is def our biggest need on the team.

[cotblock]

If you think LB and DT are bigger needs then you just showed everyone how clueless you really are. CB is def our biggest need on the team.

Your logic is unassailable. You have successfully refuted every single point I made.

Oh wait...

[top dawg]

Guys, it was our first year last year with nearly all rookies or near rookies at many key positions due to injury, just because they weren't hitting on too much last year doesn't mean that they'll do an encore of a shitty performance this year. There was a learning curve for all parties involved. Last year, we even drafted some of the positions that you deem are in dire need this year. How is that possible? In other words, in-depth development takes patience and time. I don't believe anyone in the Huddle can proclaim what the biggest need on the team is. You have to dance to the FO's flow.

[pantherclaw]

According to this thread, if we don't draft a cb in the first round, we fuged.

Is difficult to agree with that.

[DawgzLife]

According to this thread, if we don't draft a cb in the first round, we fuged.

Is difficult to agree with that.

I didn't get that feeling from the group during this thread. Just a discussion that CB is still an important consideration.

If that were the case, I would agree that it would be difficult to agree with.