Eric Bassey / St. Louis / RFA
Will Blackmon / Green Bay / RFA
Dré Bly / San Francisco / UFA
Leigh Bodden / New England / UFA
Ralph Brown / Arizona / UFA
Drew Coleman / N.Y. Jets / RFA
Kevin Dockery / N.Y. Giants / RFA
Aaron Francisco / Indianapolis / RFA
William Gay / Pittsburgh / RFA
Cletis Gordon / Dallas / RFA
Nick Harper / Tennessee / UFA
Antoine Harris / Atlanta / RFA
Walt Harris / San Francisco / UFA
Anthony Henry / Detroit / UFA
Ellis Hobbs / Philadelphia / RFA
Kevin Hobbs / Detroit / RFA
Rod Hood / Tennessee / UFA
Marcus Hudson / San Francisco / RFA
Corey Ivy / Baltimore / UFA
Marlin Jackson / Indianapolis / RFA
William James / Detroit / UFA
Tim Jennings / Indianapolis / RFA
David Jones / Cincinnati / RFA
Nathan Jones / Miami / UFA
Ty Law / Denver / UFA
Ken Lucas / Seattle / UFA
Richard Marshall / Carolina / RFA
Karl Paymah / Minnesota / RFA
Hank Poteat / Cleveland / UFA
Keiwan Ratliff / Pittsburgh / UFA
Dunta Robinson / Houston / UFA
Stanford Routt / Oakland / RFA
T.J. Rushing / Indianapolis / RFA
Benny Sapp / Minnesota / UFA
Leigh Torrence / New Orleans / RFA
Deshea Townsend / Pittsburgh / UFA
Jonathan Wade / St. Louis / RFA
Frank Walker / Baltimore / UFA
Fabian Washington / Baltimore / RFA
Dante Wesley / Carolina / UFA
Brian Williams / Atlanta / UFA
Tramon Williams / Green Bay / RFA
C.J. Wilson / Carolina / RFA
Ashton Youboty / Buffalo / RFA
Usama Young / New Orleans / RFA
That of course is the list of cornerbacks who were on the market during the offseason. Obviously, a lot of those guys were restricted and so they werent available to just snatch up, but there are plenty of decent unrestricted guys on there. Notice Benny Sapp's name. Thats right, no trade required. Just sign him up and he was yours.
I bring this up of course because the FO knew going into the offseason that W. Allen had knee problems. If they had any indication that IR or cutting him would be a possibility, why not have some sort of safety net in place so you dont have to trade your #4 receiver?
Also, just take a look at the guys on that list who are obviously better than the ****ing bums we run out there. The FO and coaches saw S.Smith blow last season. Unless they just banked on him improving(and if they did do that, shame on them) why wouldnt they have put a safety net in place for that in order to prevent having to run Jason Allen out there who we all know ****ing blows?
Its just another example of how poorly these clowns mismanage the roster. You cant draft rookies in late rounds and plan on them being the safety net for these type of things, youre not supposed to be counting on rookies drafted in round 5 for that. Those are guys you take to bury at the bottom of the roster and hopefully develope if they even show any potential.
It just wouldve been nice to have gotten one of these guys to have and be here to push S.Smith and start should Smith not respond. And when you consider W.Allen's circumstance, it seems like it wouldve been a no brainer to do so.
Will Blackmon / Green Bay / RFA
Dré Bly / San Francisco / UFA
Leigh Bodden / New England / UFA
Ralph Brown / Arizona / UFA
Drew Coleman / N.Y. Jets / RFA
Kevin Dockery / N.Y. Giants / RFA
Aaron Francisco / Indianapolis / RFA
William Gay / Pittsburgh / RFA
Cletis Gordon / Dallas / RFA
Nick Harper / Tennessee / UFA
Antoine Harris / Atlanta / RFA
Walt Harris / San Francisco / UFA
Anthony Henry / Detroit / UFA
Ellis Hobbs / Philadelphia / RFA
Kevin Hobbs / Detroit / RFA
Rod Hood / Tennessee / UFA
Marcus Hudson / San Francisco / RFA
Corey Ivy / Baltimore / UFA
Marlin Jackson / Indianapolis / RFA
William James / Detroit / UFA
Tim Jennings / Indianapolis / RFA
David Jones / Cincinnati / RFA
Nathan Jones / Miami / UFA
Ty Law / Denver / UFA
Ken Lucas / Seattle / UFA
Richard Marshall / Carolina / RFA
Karl Paymah / Minnesota / RFA
Hank Poteat / Cleveland / UFA
Keiwan Ratliff / Pittsburgh / UFA
Dunta Robinson / Houston / UFA
Stanford Routt / Oakland / RFA
T.J. Rushing / Indianapolis / RFA
Benny Sapp / Minnesota / UFA
Leigh Torrence / New Orleans / RFA
Deshea Townsend / Pittsburgh / UFA
Jonathan Wade / St. Louis / RFA
Frank Walker / Baltimore / UFA
Fabian Washington / Baltimore / RFA
Dante Wesley / Carolina / UFA
Brian Williams / Atlanta / UFA
Tramon Williams / Green Bay / RFA
C.J. Wilson / Carolina / RFA
Ashton Youboty / Buffalo / RFA
Usama Young / New Orleans / RFA
That of course is the list of cornerbacks who were on the market during the offseason. Obviously, a lot of those guys were restricted and so they werent available to just snatch up, but there are plenty of decent unrestricted guys on there. Notice Benny Sapp's name. Thats right, no trade required. Just sign him up and he was yours.
I bring this up of course because the FO knew going into the offseason that W. Allen had knee problems. If they had any indication that IR or cutting him would be a possibility, why not have some sort of safety net in place so you dont have to trade your #4 receiver?
Also, just take a look at the guys on that list who are obviously better than the ****ing bums we run out there. The FO and coaches saw S.Smith blow last season. Unless they just banked on him improving(and if they did do that, shame on them) why wouldnt they have put a safety net in place for that in order to prevent having to run Jason Allen out there who we all know ****ing blows?
Its just another example of how poorly these clowns mismanage the roster. You cant draft rookies in late rounds and plan on them being the safety net for these type of things, youre not supposed to be counting on rookies drafted in round 5 for that. Those are guys you take to bury at the bottom of the roster and hopefully develope if they even show any potential.
It just wouldve been nice to have gotten one of these guys to have and be here to push S.Smith and start should Smith not respond. And when you consider W.Allen's circumstance, it seems like it wouldve been a no brainer to do so.