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But its not really true to say its the LB's. Terrel Bernard had a sub 80 rating when targetd and Milano was 85.4 (obviously limited role). Dorian had a below average coverage grade. So we can blame him and take the improvement that comes with Milano. I think I can blame one room though for 3rd and long troubles as the functional role of the safety is downfield coverage (where the offense has to have success for 3rd and longs). Whereas CBs will have press and short area responsibilities. So I do think its fair to lay a lot of the 3rd and long woes on safety. But I understand the whole group logic as 4 of the most targeted players (2 Safeties, 1 LB, 1 CB) had +100 ratings when targeted. I like Tre but am not expecting much from this move. But calling the CB room the problem for pass defense is not supported by any data (not sure if youre making this point, or what point your making at all other than neg'ing). Im ok assuming Milano is an improvement over Williams (has been demonstrated as recently as last year). Tre at the end of the year (sub 60 rating w/ BAL) was playing better than Douglas though the fear there is that it was in limited reps. Considering we all expect a high draft investment, I feel ok with the plan there. Safety is where my concerns remains. Taylor Rapp was never a plus athlete and his processing isnt as good as hyde/poyer so he gives up plays. Hopefully Bishop can put it together and that will lock up one of the safety spots. But opposite him I sort would prefer Forrest. Considering I'm not expecting a high draft investment (my feelings will change if we get somebody), the safety room is the blinking light for this season. They didnt play well last year and our only hope for improvement is growth from a rookie and a vet gets better at processing....

Thanks for confirming. I agree our pass defense was awful. I disagree that Benford was a problem or is not worth the contract. I think the safety room is why we took a step back on pass defense on 3rd and long. Losing the best safety combo in franchise history will do that to you. So while I would like better CBs I hardly think they are the problem relative to safety and pass rush. So no I dont understand your concern around CB relative to the other groups. If you think Safety was such a good position, you should look at their coverage grades. If you think we should just have better players everywhere, thats not necessarily realistic as we need to prioritize somewhere and CB was not considered the priority this offseason because the safeties objectively played worse in coverage than 2/3 of the CB group.

K. Then not almost bare. A really good player (better than either safety) to start with. I think the combo of Benford and whomever (including Tre) will likely be better than safety. You don’t have to agree with that but I understand your original the cupboard is almost bare to be hyperbolic. Agree we’re seeing it similar. I might have confused you with the banana dude re: benford contract. Also I think you’re reading too much into tres contract. I would be shocked if his cap hit was 6 mil. I would expect his cap hit to be vet minimum and he has a ton of not likely to earned incentives. If that’s the case he’s essentially vet minimum which means it didn’t and isn’t keeping us from signing one good player.

Weird they only went back half a decade cause most draft classes take three years to be evaluated. also no mention of Christina benford lol. Easily the best value.

That first Miami game really helped Ingram but yes I saw the same things from pro football reference.

Rapp had a coverage grade of 109. I am not ready to call him above average. I like his contract but on the field he is pretty average to me at this point.

Yeah we do see it differently. in terms of player ability I have Benford > Johnson >>>> Rapp > Bishop. We don't have anyone penciled in for CB2 but we have top 10 players at CB1 and nickel. Whereas with safety we dont and likely will not have a top 10 player (Bishop's ascension and certain draft scenarios outstanding). I have way more confidence in the CB room than I do in the safety room and I think the safety room was more of the cause for the poor pass defense than the CB room (ask yourself which of these rooms had more player turnover). I think the difference in the e v a l is that you want hope. That hope is there for CB with the minimal activity done (only players with minimal upside); whereas safety has a young early round pick and some new players also with upside. However, I evaluate based on what I have seen which is top 10 players at 2/3 starting CB spots and not good play by Bishop and average play by Rapp. I'll take it that you as well think the contract for Benford was a significant overpay and will hold the team back (the almost bare at CB comment is my basis)?

But my point is your focus is in the wrong spot. If you were upset we haven’t don’t have anything at safety I would get it. Saying we have almost nothing at CB is ignoring that our CB1 is top 10 and our nickel is also top 5. Also asking for quality starters as backups is not really achievable unless they are on rookie deals (else they would have contracts with other teams). I don’t disagree with your concerns about the pass defense but your point that we have almost nothing at CB is missing the mark. If anything we are almost bare at safety and pass rush. So 19 mil was too much for CB in your opinion? Would love to hear your list of 10 better CBs.

Almost bare?!!! Benford and Johnson are both top 5-10 at their position. I think were starting from a really good spot at this position, as opposed to safety (no top 10 players) and pass rush (no top 10 players). Pass defense is more than just CBs and safeties def took a step back from previous years. That seems like a better reason for why the team had poor pass defense rather than just saying we have nothing at CB.

Its def similar but I think were gonna give him less than the 3.25 mil that LAR guaranteed at signing. Signings are even similar in terms of timing. Probably the biggest difference is hes fighting for number 2 at best, and LAR probably hoped he could be close to a #1 considering who else they had last year. I think the difference of an extra 12 months post injury (+ offseason training); paying less (assuming true); asking less on the field is enough to make the lotto ticket different than what the Rams did. His play with the ravens was also not terrible, but that was limited snaps so i agree with skepticism that can scale if called upon. Thinking he might not make the team is not unfair imo. thus, i 100% agree this doesnt impact our draft plan other than give us a bit more ability to go BPA. Not a devil in my eyes for this convo (is that what the "Fire" your username is for lol?)

PFR is great https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/W/WhitTr01.htm Penalties not included but the Balt play looks significantly better

I cant hip bump a lineman beside me to help them gain horizontal leverage? That feels off. Thanks for the reference though.

Got a need at CB so I dont mind kicking the tires for cheap. He does have a history with Beane and McDermott. So they should have an understanding of what he can do in terms of processing.

With touchbacks now at the 35 seems like this is a useful place to drop this change in the approach to KO's in the USFL that pioneered the current NFL rules. This kick does look much more difficult to catch and gives the kicking team a bit of and advantage they need.

Pick 24 (trade our 2 4ths to Minnesota for pick 24): Azareye'h Thomas Florida State · CB · Junior Pick 56: Kevin Winston Jr. Penn State · S · Junior Pick 62: Xavier Restrepo Miami · WR · Senior I agree thats pretty silly. Thomas in the first aint too bad but at the cost of 2x 4th round picks to move up 6 spots thats silly. Then nothing on the DL is clearly not understanding team needs. Lol thomas (who was projected to be worth pick 30 and 2 4th round picks) is available at pick 62. I think by definition means Chad Reuter's is sillier Lol dude is on a tear. His previous 3 round had us moving up to pick 24 again for the same price but at least we get kenneth Graham in that one. not a CB that very would almost certainly be available at 30 (unless hes rocketing up boards and i dont realize).