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Topic subjectThanks, good write-up. Sounds like what we needed, actually.
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87680, Thanks, good write-up. Sounds like what we needed, actually.
Posted by Jayson Willyams, Mon Aug-27-12 02:01 PM
>His technique isn't that great. he's still young enough with
>some coaching and someone committing to him that he'll grow
>into a better player.

Well he's definitely not getting that here. We haven't developed a CB since Night Train.

>They really wanted him to take the next
>step here and he just never did.
>
>He's a middle round player that you just expected to become a
>consistent contributor but because of injuries he was forced
>to play a larger role then was intended.

This will be exactly his role in Detroit. "Guy who plays too much because everyone better than him is injured" leads our secondary in snaps every year.

>He's not bad, he hustles but he's not a #1.

Funny that you mentioned his biggest weakness is ball skills--Chris Houston's biggest knock in Atlanta was that he couldn't turn his head and locate the ball, and he's actually been really solid in that area. I don't know if that's due to coaching (hah), experience, or going up against Calvin every day, but at least he improved on it.

EDIT: totally misread that. "Good ball skills" is better than "bad skills."

Don't know who you're getting in return, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was either a late-round pick or an O-linemen. We actually have some O-line depth this year, and a guy like Corey Hilliard or Johnathan Scott might be coming your way.