re: Morris Claiborne a Saint?

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He has been one of the poorest rated cbs in the league.

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Would you then agree or contest that he is also playing in an archaic system that doesn't at all suit his skill set?

If so, would that not explain his poor rating?

i get the sarcasm, but do you honestly believe claiborne would be as useful to this team as flynn?

yeah hes from LSU, but he would help make this team better. flynn would not, obviously.

First off, Dallas looks to be 20+ million over the 2014 salary cap. Cutting Claiborne would cost them 5.8 million in cap hits while a trade would cost them roughly 700,000 in cap space.

I don't think the Saints would want to trade a high enough draft pick to really entice the Cowboys into trading him (wherein they lose a CB and 700k in cap space). And it's quite clear that the Cowboys can't afford to cut him this offseason (even as a June 1st cut).

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The sad part is that these threads keep on coming and they get 5 pages of attention. I used to love LSU, but the barrage of these idiotic homer threads have made me lose my passion for the tigers. Miles + annoying fans = disliked team

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Maybe you should look into a website not called TIGERdroppings?

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Claiborne was having a great rookie season under Ryan before he got hurt.

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No he wasn't. He played worse his rookie season than last season and played better down the stretch

passers had a 107.8 rating against him his rookie season and completed 70% of their passes against him

It's hard to judge a CB by their rookie season in the NFL. Hell, PP7 didn't have stellar coverage his rookie year. He was just a beast at returning punts.

I'd really like to see him in a press man defense where I think his strengths lie.

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i get the sarcasm, but do you honestly believe claiborne would be as useful to this team as flynn?

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The way that Claiborne has played he isn't as useful as Patrick Robinson.

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Mo Claiborne has not played well at this level.

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I know a bunch of people that wrote off Ronde Barber after his first couple of seasons too. Mo Clairborne still has tons of potential, and look at Dallas - I don't think anyone could have succeeded in that system this year.

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I know a bunch of people that wrote off Ronde Barber after his first couple of seasons too. Mo Clairborne still has tons of potential, and look at Dallas - I don't think anyone could have succeeded in that system this year

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Claiborne has all the physical tools to be a great cover corner in the NFL. The problem he's had was adjusting his first year and then being placed into a system that fit his skillset about as poorly as a system could.

There is a reason some corners look all world one year and then suck the next, and it has to do with the system.

Jason David is a prime example. He looked above average/very good in Indy before joining the saints. Indy played a Tampa 2 defense which is predominantly zone. The Saints bring him in to a man cover scheme and he's burnt toast.

Also, it is rare that CB's perform great their first year or two. It's a tough transition.

Look at Robinson, he struggled mightily last season at CB in Spags system, but wasn't horrible his first two years at times in a press man system. If he recovers well from his injury, he'll be a potential surprise contributor this coming season.

That said, if the Saints could get Claiborne for a third or 4th, then they'd better jump on it, but it isn't that likely.