Dodub wrote:Do folks ever stop and consider the fact that maybe they’re just wrong? I remember folks throwing similar fits this offseason because we didn’t break the bank to go after high priced (or high pick) defensive backs. They were told over and over again to let our current guys have a real chance with an actual pass rush in front of them and now look at them.
I'm not honestly sure if this is directed at people who are in favor of Sanders or against him. As someone who didn't necessarily want the team to break the bank for a DB, but definitely wanted us to draft one in the first three rounds, I would say that my concerns were largely centered around the fact that we were the worst team in coverage by a sizable margin last year, and were returning several players with pretty significant injury concerns.
Relying on Ward seemed foolhardy at best. He's been able to stay (mostly) healthy so far this season (not counting the preseason, of course), but I think think there's a better than 50% chance he gets hurt at some point. Tartt has also had his share of injury issues. Moore was still at CB at the time, so our safety depth was poor at best.
As for CB, I still think we're very thin there. Moseley has been a very pleasant surprise (his disastrous jumped route last night aside), but if anything happens to one of our other CBs before Witherspoon is back, we could be a in a real jam. And I don't know that we have a longterm replacement for Sherman (or if we do in Moseley, then we don't have a third guy on the outside).
To me, the Sanders move is almost an opposite situation. We've put a lot of resources toward the WR position in the past three years (huge contract for Garcon, decent extension for Goodwin, a couple other lower-profile FAs, two second-round picks, and a third-round pick). Giving up valuable draft capital - particularly in a year in which we already don't have our second. We may also not want to be very involved in FA as we could be looking at some comp picks this year.
