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Originally Posted by skinsfan69
Ok so the draft thing sort of equals out. That's good. Just seems like another Ryan Clark, one year rental type of deal. He's a big hitter and all but his best days are obviously behind him.
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... and, even if it is, your alternative is ... what?
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is another one year rental. However, the only alternative (as Schneed has already indicated) was to pay big money and make a long term commitment to a mediocre free agent. I have no doubt that, at worst, he will not be a downgrade from last year. At best, he shows that the TBay experience was more scheme related than talent related and is a significant upgrade (It's not the same I know -- but Revis certainly rebounded from his down year in TBay).
Truly, this was about the best we could do in getting an experienced FS. And to all you DHall to FS folks ... you can speculate on his ability to make the switch but he's no spring chicken either and, given his inexperience at the position, he could very easily end up being worse than Clark was last year (even if more physically talented).
Let go of your Little Danny syndrome folks. Not everything is getting fixed this year AND it would be an institutional mistake to try. Brick by brick, year by year - build depth, develop players.
I am betting we pick a FS in the 5th or 6th round. If in three years he develops into a Kam Chancellor (5th Round, 2010) or R. Sherman (5th Round, 2011) kind of guy, wouldn't that be sweet?