Official Skins sign Patten thread (merged)

Sean Taylor is a free safety.
Lemar Marshall as a fulltime MLB is an experiment, just like Pierce at MLB last year was a very successful experiment. Neither of these two players had any experience at MLB before last year. We need a back up plan if Lemar does not work as well as Piece did.

barrow, barnes, campbell... we still have like 42 LBs...

Sean Taylor is a free safety.
Lemar Marshall as a fulltime MLB is an experiment, just like Pierce at MLB last year was a very successful experiment. Neither of these two players had any experience at MLB before last year. We need a back up plan if Lemar does not work as well as Piece did.
Your right about Taylor. My fault.

But dont you have any apprehension about the value of Pierce? Not any. I was concerned that after one year with a great defense, he could be overrated. Again, I love the guy, I just think it takes more than a year to prove your worth.

barrow, barnes, campbell... we still have like 42 LBs...

Barrow? How many games did he play as a Redskin?
that leaves two back ups? Not enough.

Your right about Taylor. My fault.

But dont you have any apprehension about the value of Pierce? Not any. I was concerned that after one year with a great defense, he could be overrated. Again, I love the guy, I just think it takes more than a year to prove your worth.

I agree, we could not resign him for what the Giants signed him. Same with Smoot. He is not worth the big contract that he is asking for. Smott is not a shut down corner, we should not pay him like one, regardless of how much everylone like his personality.

I agree, we could not resign him for what the Giants signed him. Same with Smoot. He is not worth the big contract that he is asking for. Smott is not a shut down corner, we should not pay him like one, regardless of how much everylone like his personality.
Yeah the Smoot thing. I really like his character too. I can deal with not resigning him. But i dont want to get an equivalent cornerback for more or even the same amount. Either we go elite, or maybe we draft and work from within. Again, I leave it in the hands of Gregg and the defensive boys.

Yeah the Smoot thing. I really like his character too. I can deal with not resigning him. But i dont want to get an equivalent cornerback for more or even the same amount. Either we go elite, or maybe we draft and work from within. Again, I leave it in the hands of Gregg and the defensive boys.

Good point. Whatever will save us some money and gets us a servicable CB.
We actually already have another proven, very talented CB on our roster Walt Harris. He was still recovering from a knee injury last year, but still played OK last year. He is injury free, signed and ready to go. Lets not break the bank on a CB or any player this year.

After seeing the way the team is handling things so far, I have a lot of faith in how the CB situation will be handled as well.

I have faith in Gregg Williams, and if he thinks we have enough depth at LB, CB, and Safety then I'll take his word for it.

We have a big possession type of guy to go to, his name is Chris Cooley.

We had a big possession guy the last few years in Gardner, where did that get us?


I Like Cooley a lot but that's what TE's / H-back's do, and let's face it with Gardner you actually have to catch the ball to possess it, so I don't believe Gardner qualifies. :)

He averaged 18 yards per catch in a DIFFERENT OFFENSE. What do you think Coles YPC would have been as a Patriot?

i agree but 18.2 is much above the average for wr, he is number 3 in yards per catch with anyone with over 40 catches. he had fewer catches but a reason for that is because he is not a number 1 and because the patriots spread the ball well.
Just for kicks and giggles the number 1 and 2 with over 40 are Ashley Lelie
and Santana Moss. Not to bad names!!
I just hope that he fits well and it seems that he is good when he gets open