matt11390
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I started a thread after the Pats loss about our defense and IMO it is good enough for Miami to win a Super Bowl if we could get our offense at an elite level. My simple point was the D isn't great but good enough. Our problem is we can't score any points to take the pressure off our D. Anyway, it made for good discussion. I thought we could break down the defensive backfield to show we are pretty set there except for one starting corner.
Taking an inventory of the backfield we have Marshall, Carroll, McCann, Jones, Culver, Wilson, Patterson, and Stanford. Smith and Clemons are FA's.
But let's look at the headliners. We need to resign Smith along with Clemons and draft a starting corner to play opposite of Smith. Then we have those two along with Jones and Clemons at safety. Then we have Marshall, Patterson, and Carroll as our nickel and reserve corners. IMO this is a good defensive backfield to win us a championship. They are young, relatively inexpensive against the cap, and present stability to the team. Their biggest challenge would be producing more big plays and turnovers.
By keeping Smith and Clemons, this allows us to find only one corner either by FA or the draft which allows the FO to focus most of their efforts on finding offensive playmakers. Thoughts?
Taking an inventory of the backfield we have Marshall, Carroll, McCann, Jones, Culver, Wilson, Patterson, and Stanford. Smith and Clemons are FA's.
But let's look at the headliners. We need to resign Smith along with Clemons and draft a starting corner to play opposite of Smith. Then we have those two along with Jones and Clemons at safety. Then we have Marshall, Patterson, and Carroll as our nickel and reserve corners. IMO this is a good defensive backfield to win us a championship. They are young, relatively inexpensive against the cap, and present stability to the team. Their biggest challenge would be producing more big plays and turnovers.
By keeping Smith and Clemons, this allows us to find only one corner either by FA or the draft which allows the FO to focus most of their efforts on finding offensive playmakers. Thoughts?