Gibbs wants Springs back!

Smoot/Rogers at the Corners and Springs/ Taylor at the Safeties. That will put us in top 5 secondaries in the NFL. Yeah thats right move Springs to Safety


Uhh, that might be pushing it a bit don't you think? I believe we'd have to wait and see how that unit performs before we can annoint them with a top five ranking.

Taylor has the most promise, but even he still needs to make some progress. Springs -5 years might put him near the top, but those days are long over. I see absolutely NOTHING in Carlos Rogers even on paper to confuse him for being included in a top five lineup. And as much as we all seem to love Fred Smoot, he just got released by the Vikings -- so don't get your hopes up for a Martin Mayhew-like #2 performer. A solid nickel maybe.

Trust me, we need one more world beater at corner for us to be considered anywhere near the top 15.

Keep in mind that Springs has leverage NOW, but wait until June 1 gets closer. Most of the big $ will have been spent, there will be a few teams w/some interest & $ but not like there is now.
I think the Skins are playing a waiting game w/him cause they know he would rather hit free agency then renegotiate w/them for less. Does he only have 1 yr. left on his deal?

If I'm correct; trading Springs before June 1 or keeping him will have the same cap impact, 7.5 mil?

The proposed secondary of Smoot, Springs, Taylor, Arch, Prioleau, and Rogers is a good secondary. Especially if Smoot can get back to the level he was at when he left... He had major heart and played through some tough injuries for us, plus he has SWAGGER... I don't think our secondary had that last year. What is the possibility to get Jared Allen? have we explored that angle?

Speaking of swagger, imagine the "Walk It Out" dances including Smoot.

It's going to be like f-ing Soul Train up in this bitch! I love it.

Right now Springs is our only starting caliber cornerback on the team. Rogers and Smoot are nickel caliber currently. Therefore, any talk about releasing Springs would be devastating for our secondary, in my opinion, unless we have a clear #1 CB as a replacement.

We could use another corner for depth given the brittle nature of Springs (and Smoot for that matter). Instead of pursuing guys like Travis Fisher, I would like to see the Skins' FO end this cycle of rotating CBs and try to snatch Josh Wilson in the draft. I think we'll need to try to get a third rounder from someone to do it--but how about getting a young guy in there so that next year--when we will be contemplating dumping Springs again--we don't have to go through this merry go round again.

Alternatively, maybe a veteran CB will be let go post June 1 cuts and he could round out our CB depth.

There's nothing nickel about either of them. Both Smoot AND Rogers are starting corners, Smoot borders on #1 ability. Let's stop the lemming-mentality, Rogers didn't have that bad of a year.

#1 corners can be placed on an island to single cover the other teams best reciever. I am confident that Springs can do that. Does anyone think that Smoot or Rogers could do that? Could they do that on the other teams 2nd receiver? Well Mike Tomlin and Greg Williams don't think so--since Smoot was on the bench in Minnesota and Rogers needed safety help most of the season.

with those guys imagine drafting a guy like Josh Wilson of Maryland for depth and you have a decent secondary. Did Wright get cut?

There's nothing nickel about either of them. Both Smoot AND Rogers are starting corners, Smoot borders on #1 ability. Let's stop the lemming-mentality, Rogers didn't have that bad of a year.

Perhaps you could make the case that the Rogers-bashing might have been overkill, but let's not fall into the notion that all our troubles are gone and we are worry-free with him either.

All he has to do is live up to his #9 overall status. Then the bashing will stop.