Quote:
Originally Posted by Defensewins
Last season journeyman DJ Swearinger played on one of the top NFL defenses and for one of the top Defensive coaches Bruce Arians. Cardinals will still be good on defense. Swearinger, not so much.
Before last year Swearinger was considered a big hitter and not much else. Slow and was susceptible to get beat deep.
He did not get an extension from Cardinals before Free Agency. His three former teams were content to let him go.
Swearinger will not be protected like he was with the Cardinals. He will be a liability.
Baker was our best interior D lineman by far. Not even close
So you "rebuild your D-line" by keeping the turds and not signing your best guy? You call that rebuilding? Rebuilding would be the opposite. keep the good ones and get rid of the turds.
The decision to release Baker was about age and cost, not ability.
The two replacements are young and IMO not as good.
“Baker is better,” said the NFC defensive coach. “More expensive, but stronger.”
Said in this article.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.8ef221b04741 |
I thought exactly same thing about Swearinger when I first saw the news, until I read more about him and turns out he has been steadily improving in coverage and PFF actually rated him positive for both coverage and tackling.
I wonder if this whole situation with Scot did not happen and Scot is still our currently GM - would you have thought exactly same opinion you just wrote? After all, one report states that Scot created a free agency board of players we should attempt to sign few weeks before this terrible situation occurred. Per the report, Scot is high on those three players we just signed. I cannot find the report, I guess it's like finding a needle in haystack after all reports about Scot and Cousins situations.