The physical potential is there for sure.

That's a long way from us being able to assume he can just step outside and being able to man-to-man consistently like Sutton needs.

This ... why is anyone talking about Stephenson at all.

Since he got busted with the juice he hasn't been able to play ANY position successfully.

Reid hoped that he would suck less at LT than he did at RT ... he didn't.

Time for him to walk

Forget the price, he's not worth the roster spot. I suppose you could keep him through training camp and then cut him. I'm not sure it's worth the practice reps it takes away from another player.

and people say i'm nuts

The threat of Kelce is absolutely giving Maclin and our other receivers more space

No question, but the name of the game in the NFL is change and turnover. It's a cap league and you can't just pay for every player you want to keep.

If there is a cost-effective means of keeping Smith, I'd absolutely do it. However, behind him we have a guy with every physical trait to do the same job Smith is doing. If we simply bury him, we're wasting an asset and in so doing it may cost us someone like Howard, DJ or Berry, guys that we don't have good fallback options for, IMO.

It's a lot like the Marcus Peters situation - sometimes you have to just grab a nut and trust your scouts. I think this may be one of those times.

Truth be told, my problem with letting Smith walk isn't even the edge, it's the slot. Nelson's not going to be shit in this system and if Smith goes, we really do have Peters, Gaines and a bunch of crap. Obviously we could keep Parker at NCB but that's not ideal if we also lose the corner depth we have with Branch and Abdullah. It's just damn hard to rebuild 60% of your secondary in a single off-season.

I had the Jaguars fan "wtf" GIF in my head, but this will do just fine.

I'd be willing to take that chance at pretty much any other defensive position.

You remember what happen to us when we didn't have the 2nd corner?

It took us HALF A YEAR to not be a total shitfest.

Don't want to go through that again, would rather pay Sean Smith too much.

That's why i want to dump Cooper,Fleming and start carrying extra cornerbacks instead of extra safeties.

We can work around new safeties but Sutton needs 2 corners that fit his scheme on the outside. It changes everything.

Howard and Sean Smith would be my top priority this offseason.

Would like to draft a couple of corners in this draft if some good ones fall to us.

Sutton can't have too many good corners.

4 most important players on defense for us ... Hali,Houston,Smith,Peters.

2 pass rusher, 2 bump and run corners are key for Sutton. imo.

Remember guys we still have March and Wilson as ILB. Definently re sign DJ but no need to draft a ILB

D.J. Alexander?

Alexander plays really hard on special teams. Definitely seems to have the no fear mentality.

Charley Casserly just said on NFL Network that Berry is the most versatile safety in the league and the best player on the defense.

While I think Houston holds that crown, it's one more reason to end the debate of whether to resign him or not.

Both have done jack and squat.

Wilson is lost out there and March is an undersized OLB who was running around a lot during summer camp. There is absolutely no indication that he can play at this level.

Right now it's DJ, who is a must sign, and a bunch of dudes who've done nothing.

Oh, and the slowest linebacker in the NFL, Josh Mauga.

That's it.

And Howard is not a critical resign. Nunez Roches and Williams make him expendable. Would not waste money on resigning Howard unless it was extremely team friendly. He's the last guy I'd spend money on on the defensive side of the ball.

Nope. Never heard of him.

March and Wilson haven't done jack shit yet Nunez-Roches and Williams (0 combined sacks) make Howard expendable? Oh

FYI Jaye Howard is a huge reason why the run defense is where it is along with DJ. He also happens to get some pressure along with 4.5 sacks.

and people give me shit for saying stupid stuff. :shake:

Admittedly Howard seems less effective now that they have move him to DE to make room for Poe at NT. That doesn't change the fact that Howard is a better NT than Poe.

If the coaches weren't idiots they would put Howard at NT and Poe at DE.

Howard was beasting at NT while Poe was hurt.

Berry, Smith and Howard should be top prioity. DJ on a back loaded 3 year deal and Tamba on a 2 year team friendly deal.

I hope they don't, but I could see them trading JC to make the above happen