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Originally Posted by Direckshun
Using that logic leaves you only with one real solution: draft a corner.
You probably can't pay Nelson unless his play regresses to a #3 corner mean. Paying him legit starter money costs you Fuller.
So, you have to draft your starter. With a 1st round pick that will likely be somewhere between 29 and 32.
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Yup. And it's gotta be one that can provide average play immediately.
I don't see a real alternative here. You can give Fuller the same contract you'd have to give Nelson and get it signed, IMO. Because Fuller's a year away from FA and playing on a pittance salary next year. Give him that FA deal you could give to Nelson and suddenly he gets a big boy paycheck and he's happy. That's a better use of the resources.
And you have to use heavy draft capital to get the other guy because you can't wait 2-3 (4) years for him to find his form like we have with Nelson. We need credible play immediately there. And you're not gonna get too many vets dying to play here cheap because this offense makes things hard on CBs. You'll never truly stand out.
I won't argue with using a 1
and a 2 on corners. It's aggressive as hell but it increases the odds of one of them working out and if they both do - man you're in great shape. And there's always the fallback of making one of them a safety (which you also need).
I don't think Veach has a lot of wiggle here, to be honest. He needs to put a LOT of draft capital into the CB market.