Well, I share the sentiment - I agreed that CB was the weakest spot, and nothing was done to address it, and I'm afraid we are going to be looking at getting smoked on a regular basis next year.
With that said, what has always been true about Andy Reid is that while his words tell you nothing, he will always tell you his views with his actions. Therefore, I think this draft tells you that Andy believes the problems in coverage last year were a result of the following mix of factors:
1. lack of pressure from the front 4
2. poor Free Safety play
3. Sheldon Brown's decline/injury related decline
It is also at least possible that the draft board never fell in a way in which he saw value at CB where he was drafting and who was available at that time and he was true to his board. If that is the case, we are in deep trouble. I hope he is right - the problem is that we have seen him try to patch over holes in ways that backfired before (Levon Kirkland, Gocong/Dhani/Wayne SLB black hole, Pinkston/Small/curtis/ WR black hole, etc.) and I hope that is not what happens here.
With that said, what has always been true about Andy Reid is that while his words tell you nothing, he will always tell you his views with his actions. Therefore, I think this draft tells you that Andy believes the problems in coverage last year were a result of the following mix of factors:
1. lack of pressure from the front 4
2. poor Free Safety play
3. Sheldon Brown's decline/injury related decline
It is also at least possible that the draft board never fell in a way in which he saw value at CB where he was drafting and who was available at that time and he was true to his board. If that is the case, we are in deep trouble. I hope he is right - the problem is that we have seen him try to patch over holes in ways that backfired before (Levon Kirkland, Gocong/Dhani/Wayne SLB black hole, Pinkston/Small/curtis/ WR black hole, etc.) and I hope that is not what happens here.
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