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Originally Posted by BossChief
Zilla, as most of us understand, teams in the NFL win and lose games with matchups.
It's arguably the most important part of the sport.
After adding Baldwin, teams are gonna have to do everything in their power to slow down our starting receivers with their best corners....a receiver like Breaston (that is fantastic at running routes and maintaining speed in and out of his breaks) would thrive against opposing teams nickle corners.
He also has very very good deep speed, something this offense desperately needs if we are to take the next step. We MUST stretch the field, if we are to win games in the playoffs.
He also has a bunch of other reasons he would be a great signing.
He knows Haleys offense and excels in it.
He responds well to the type of coaching we utilize (hard coaching)
He has experience not only as a slot guy in this offense, but also as a starter that can fill in if needed.
Also, Verran Tucker would move to #4 and after getting experience last year against starting caliber corners, he could flourish when we really spread teams out.
If we sign Breaston, Charles would annihilate competition on draws/screens.
He would be a great signing for us.
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Like I said, you can use that argument for anyone. The fact is, you're not going to put world beaters on your team at every single position. And as milkman has pointed out, and it's true, we're going to have a TON of people we have to re-sign in the next few years. If that's the case, you have to prioritize who you want to spend your money on. A slot receiver is a role playing position. David Harris, on the other hand, is a shutdown run-stopper. Even if we struggle at Nose Tackle, he's going to plug up the interior run. And he's a good blitzing LB. How many times last season did our interior run defense completely disappear?
Here's the way I see it. As a running offense, we are already awesome. As an overall defense, we have potential to be great. If we get good play from a NT and LOLB, we can be every bit as good as the Steelers on D. Our pass offense? No matter how much we stack the deck, we still have a QB who could limit the Chiefs from being great.
If we bring in Breaston, we are essentially asking Cassel to be the guy who wins games for us. If we bring in Harris, we're on our way to becoming a scary overall defense. Add that to a terrific running game and now all of a sudden, you only ask Cassel to manage games to victory.
If the Chiefs had Drew Brees, no question you go after Breaston. But with Cassel, I'd rather choose to be great and whenever possible, not ask him to put up over 20 points a game.