Are corner and DL our weakest positions?

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At DT we have some decent options with Godchaux,Shepherd, Breese and Ridgeway.

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We use (2) DTs and a NT so that's 3 positions. 2/4 guys you listed could retire tomorrow if they wanted.

DT: Bryan Bresee
NT: Godchaux/ Ridgeway/ Boyd
DT: Shepherd/ Rumph

DE/ DT: Broughton/ Diggs

DL is definitely the weakest. Diggs/ Broughton could end up at DE and maybe DT. Considering how underwhelming Bresee has been + contract year we may need 3 starters on the DL after next year.

CB
WR
DL
TE


In that order

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CB WR DL TE In that order

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Underhill has said a few times that the team likes some of the depth guys at corner and I just don’t understand it at all… what have they done to show they’re quality depth?

CB, Edge, WR, IOL
I could see argument made for any of them being most needed.

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Do you assume they threw darts at a board to select Riley as a starting CB.

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I think they’re pretty confident in their DB evals with how well they’ve done in recent years

after FA, CB, WR, ILB, NT. JMO

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they seem to really like Simpkins and Radunz proved to be a good asset… I wouldn’t hate trying to find a future replacement for McCoy though.

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Simpkins looked solid enough for the backup C opportunity and is only 23 y/o. He very well could be part of that future replacement plan. We would have been ok with Fortner starting and he was not great up until last year at 27 y/o.

Radunz is here as a worst case scenario. Saldiveri is our big mover at both OG/ OT for the current roster.

That would be 2 DEs and a NT, as Cam, Young, Granderson, and Rumph all played OLB last year.

There was still question as to whether Broughton would fall in better at NT or DE in the 3-4.

We also usually used 1 DE and either a NT or a 2nd DE, playing largely nickel with only 2 down linemen more often than not (although the OLBs acted as the edges, so it still presented as a 4 man front).

This makes the IDL depth not as concerning, similar to ILB, as you really only need 5 guys in rotation. We have 5 or 6 guys that can play the IDL (though it can be improved much like most of our positions), so depth is more than fine there.

OLB is more concerning without Cam here. You want at least 4 of these guys that can legit rush the passer, even if they aren't all high end.

But out of every position, CB, specifically nickel, is the biggest question mark right now. Maybe a combo of Blackmon and Sanker can help fill the void, but that remains to be seen. And outside CB depth is dire, as Yiadom took a huge step back last year, and both of our young guys still have growing pains moments.

If I had to rank them, it'd be CB, WR, OLB, then IOL as positions we need to still address, whether in the draft or in post draft FA. Other positions can be upgraded, but we at least have legit depth every else.

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That would be 2 DEs and a NT, as Cam, Young, Granderson, and Rumph all played OLB last year.

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Potato Tomato, they are defensive ends. Whether its a 3-4, 5-2, etccc doesn't matter. We need 3+ starters/ rotation pieces on the DL (including the Dlineman that are called linebackers that play on the Dline).

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But out of every position, CB, specifically nickel, is the biggest question mark right now. Maybe a combo of Blackmon and Sanker can help fill the void, but that remains to be seen. And outside CB depth is dire, as Yiadom took a huge step back last year, and both of our young guys still have growing pains moments.

If I had to rank them, it'd be CB, WR, OLB, then IOL as positions we need to still address, whether in the draft or in post draft FA. Other positions can be upgraded, but we at least have legit depth every else.

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what makes it really hard is we have a pretty good safety room, and Blackmon could be good as the 3rd safety nickel they want to use... we obviously need better depth at corner and could improve talent wise w the top 2..

but do you take Downs to play nickel or take Delane and hope Riley can play nickel?