Best Nucleus - Defense

[Jackofalltrades]

Here's an article comparing each team's nucleus of defensive talent. Despite being the top scoring D in the NFL with a ton of young talent they don't like our secondary. Whatevevs, they also assume we won't be able to reach an agreement with Hardy.

I'm a wee bit biased, but we're a little lower on the list then I think we should be.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000304429/article/seattle-seahawks-boast-nfls-best-defensive-nucleus

Thoughts?

[magnus]

having a secondary essentially all on one year deals does matter.  They should retain some of it, but it'll take more effort than if they were all on year two of four of a rookie deal.

[Donald LaFell]

The one year contracts hurt the nucleus part, and no blue chip talent in the secondary. Our secondary is good because of Rivera and the front four. If another coach cones in they may look like doodoo

[ajax4132]

Now if the Panthers can just get a #1 wr and a possession #2, Panthers would be complete

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

So in a defensive struggle against San Fran our defensive nucleus came out on top yet we rank lower than them...

I guess that makes sense.

[PhillyB]

they ranked us lower because of the patchwork secondary. fair assessment IMO

[frash.exe]

Deepfence

[csx]

So in a defensive struggle against San Fran our defensive nucleus came out on top yet we rank lower than them...

I guess that makes sense.

We have Newton. They have Kaepernick. Thats a distinct advantage for us.

[csx]

they ranked us lower because of the patchwork secondary. fair assessment IMO

We bitch about our secondary all the time but get defensive when someone else brings it up.

[PhillyB]

We bitch about our secondary all the time but get defensive when someone else brings it up.

 

if only our secondary would get defensive too

 

badum tshhhh

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

We have Newton. They have Kaepernick. Thats a distinct advantage for us.

Not according to ESPN, NFL.com, CBS Sports, Sports Illustrated, Peter King, Adam Schein, etc...

[KSpan]

By definition, shouldn't a nucleus just be a couple of players to build around rather than (more or less) entire defenses?  If that's the case, name me a scarier, more talented group of 5 young/developing or in-their-prime defensive players than Kuechly, TD, Star, Hardy, and CJ... and that's not even considering the potential that Short, Klein, Mitchell, and possibly even Addison have shown this year. 

[Pejorative Miscreant]

they ranked us lower because of the patchwork secondary. fair assessment IMO

 

 

Perfectly stated. 

 

If we had a "prolific" DB on a long term contract the unit might be ranked higher. Sign Hardy and upgrade a DB the ranking jumps a couple spots.  I think the future is bright if you consider we have depth rotational guys in Short, and Klein.Just need to shore up the back part of that D. 

[RelaxImaPro]

Hope we can keep Captain and Mitchell.  I like Flo but he's getting pretty up there in age.

 

Our needs haven't changed and either way we're still in good shape for the draft I think as long as we don't fug up our picks.  We need a corner, a #1 WR, and some o-line talent.  Thankfully the draft is supposedly deep in all those areas.

 

We definitely somehow need to retain Hardy also.