re: Is Champ Bailey this years 2009 Sharper?

Roddy had an injury last year, but prior to that had 1150 yards 6 consecutive seasons. He's younger than champ, and doesn't have to run backwards. Mike Evans is a freak of nature. Boldin is still a top 10 route runner. Alshon Jeffery would frick Bailey sideways. Terrance Williams (16.7 YPC) is a burner in pads.

Good talking football with you. Your views were quite insightful.

Did you watch Corey White? I've seen enough to validate my opinion.

And Champ Bailey wasn't worth a shite last year.

STACKED?

Most people will disagree with you.

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Roddy(X2), Terrance Williams, Mike Evans(X2), Golden Tate, Randall Cobb, Boldin, Steve Smith, Alshon Jeffrey. No

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Roddy x2 - Push. White has lost a step as well and was never a speed guy to begin with.

Terrance Williams - Yes. Romos 3rd target. And Romo stares down Dez and Witten majority of the time anyways

Mike Evans x2 - Rookie WR that hasnt played a snap in the NFL. And people are worried about his route running ability at this level.... come on. Maybe in 2 seasons, but not as a rookie

Golden Tate - Hes not that good to begin with. Yes.

Randall Cobb - No. Cobb is 1 of the hardest guys to matchup with in the NFL though. Quick as hell and can fly.

Boldin - Yes. Never was fast to begin with. And has lost a step as well.

Steve Smith - Yes. If he was in his prime vs Champ today I would say no. But hes not. he lost as step as well.

Alshon Jeffery - No. Big, strong, fast, with some crazy strong hands.

The only 2 that you can flat out say NO on are Cobb and Jeffery. The rest are either a push or yes.

Plus, you are thinking of just the 1v1 matchup. Gotta look at the entire picture. First off, we dont even know if Bailey will be our CB2 or CB3 at the moment, and it most likely will change between PRob / Bailey depending on our opponent and matchups. Not to mention the fact that KV can man up WRs as well.

And then you have to take into account the rest of our D. Our front 7 should be improved this year, especially Hicks. And getting Victor Butler back helps a lot as well. Junior and Cam Jordan will be just as good, most likely better as well. We were 4th in the league in sacks last year with 49 sacks, and we should top that number this year. We will be getting after the QB.

And if we dont get to the QB, we have Keenan Lewis on the opponents WR1 and arguably the best Safety group in the NFL with Byrd, KV, and Bush. They will be giving help over the top and basically will be taking away the middle of the field. KV was outstanding as a rookie and was extremely impressive in all phases of the game. Kid is a baller. Bush was a pleasant surprise last season for us, and keeping him was huge considering that Ryan loves to use 3 safeties on the field. And this brings me to Byrd. Hes is 1 of the best defensive playmakers in the entire NFL and a top 2 safety in the league, (Weddle and Byrd). PERIOD. Signing him was huge.

No... Im not worried about Bailey as our CB2 or CB3. At all.

Cover for how long. The key to pass coverage is a good pass rush. If they have 4 to 5 seconds no one can cover anyone no matter who they are. (Unless you hold the hell out of them like Seattle.)

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Mike Evans

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Not too worried about this guy. Sure, he's good but if LSU's freshman CB can't get him out of his game I think we'll be alright.

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Cover for how long. The key to pass coverage is a good pass rush. If they have 4 to 5 seconds no one can cover anyone no matter who they are. (Unless you hold the hell out of them like Seattle.)

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I'm not worried about our pass rush at all. We are capable of getting coverage sacks too, but our dline is nasty and should only improve.

Now we get to add Victor Butler to that attack along with a more experience Cam and Hicks.

We didn't blitz very much last year. We relied on our 4 man pass rush to generate pressure.

We finished 8th in Pass Rushing Productivity without blitzing at 27.9%. We struggled to get to the QB when blitzing though, finishing 17th (see Malcolm Jenkins vs Carolina )

Chump Bailey