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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
I like the Cooper signing, but he's raw and probably needs seasoning. I can see Parker stepping in in nickel because of his experience and speed, even if I'm not crazy about him. I don't see Parker playing as a #1 or #2.
Which goes back to the original question of why Arenas isn't playing nickle/dime and competing for a starting nickel role, while you have someone like Cooper as your development guy to back up Flowers or Smith maybe a year from now, with Jalil Brown or some other veteran being a guy who can step in right away until Cooper is ready. I feel like we were a little reckless in handling our CB depth.
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Problem is, you're only keeping so many corners, so it becomes a numbers game.
If smith or flowers go down, I don't think the difference in brown and one of these guys (who seem to have more upside, I dunno though) wouldn't be much different.
In the end, I don't think the difference between brown, arenas and the two we brought in is that significant at this point, and it seems they think the two we brought in have more upside.
I'll never get upset about making moves for more upside players like that, but when they're that young and that close to having to play a big role, it becomes worrisome