Is Aaron Curry worth $5.7 million of cap room to you?

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by mbedner3420

Is he a terrible pass rusher? I explicitly try to not follow the Raiders, so I have no clue how good Curry actually is (or isn't).

Like Aaron Maybin, he's much more effective when you scheme him into a blitz concept then when you line him up on the shoulder of the right tackle and tell him "get the quarterback, big guy." I would argue that makes him a Jim Haslett kind of player.

I'm not sure exactly where he'd play though. If you kept Orakpo, Kerrigan, and Fletcher, then he's probably just going to block Riley for a year. But like the Santana Moss signing last year, the devil is in your depth. And I think Curry would provide great depth here for one plus seasons.

[mbedner3420]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

Like Aaron Maybin, he's much more effective when you scheme him into a blitz concept then when you line him up on the shoulder of the right tackle and tell him "get the quarterback, big guy." I would argue that makes him a Jim Haslett kind of player.

I'm not sure exactly where he'd play though. If you kept Orakpo, Kerrigan, and Fletcher, then he's probably just going to block Riley for a year. But like the Santana Moss signing last year, the devil is in your depth. And I think Curry would provide great depth here for one plus seasons.

I think we should only sign him if we trade up to get RG3. That way, we can trade Orakpo to recoup picks and Curry can take over. If we stay pat at 6 or trade down, it wouldn't make sense because Curry doesn't seem to be much of an improvement over Rak.