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Two positions I have concerns about
Posted on 8/31/26 at 9:29 am
Posted on 8/31/26 at 9:29 am
C - McCoy hasn't played a full season last two years, who is the backup on the roster - looks like it's Ruiz as of now
PR - Brown can handle kick returns but he's never really handled punt returns - that's a crucial field position player
PR - Brown can handle kick returns but he's never really handled punt returns - that's a crucial field position player
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Posted on 8/31/26 at 9:34 am to nicholastiger
quote:Ruiz was running with the 2s in a lot of practice sessions. I imagine he moves to Center and we plug in another guard if needed. (Preferably J.Wright).
C - McCoy hasn't played a full season last two years, who is the backup on the roster - looks like it's Ruiz as of now
My biggest concern is CB. If we have any injury issues this season, especially from Kool-Aid, we're in a bad spot.
Posted on 8/31/26 at 9:37 am to Ryan3232
CB it terrible. We are counting on Kool Aid to be a #1, Riley to be healthy, Emerson to return to a high level after a leg injury and a white dude. I think they should consider trading for Gonzalez or Porter. We aren't paying anyone big money right now and they would fix so much on this defense.
Posted on 8/31/26 at 9:37 am to Ryan3232
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My biggest concern is CB. If we have any injury issues this season, especially from Kool-Aid, we're in a bad spot.
We have concerns at DT, LB, and CB on the defense.
If we end up with a solid defense this year, Staley should be given a head job somewhere as he would have done a tremendous job.
This post was edited on 8/31/26 at 9:52 am
Posted on 8/31/26 at 9:38 am to nicholastiger
Defensive back and wr
Kool aid isnt a true number one corner and outside of olave we have one wr that has nfl experience.
Kool aid isnt a true number one corner and outside of olave we have one wr that has nfl experience.
Posted on 8/31/26 at 9:39 am to Ryan3232
Anyone who says anything other than CB is nuts
We are not in a good spot there
We are not in a good spot there
Posted on 8/31/26 at 9:48 am to moneyg
Damn that's depressing lol
Good defense and our DC is gone.
Oh well
Good defense and our DC is gone.
Oh well
Posted on 8/31/26 at 10:01 am to nicholastiger
CB, DT and WR could all get ugly
Posted on 8/31/26 at 10:15 am to saints5021
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I think they should consider trading for Gonzalez
Gonzalez, as in one of the top CBs in the league Christian Gonzalez?
Posted on 8/31/26 at 10:33 am to Fun Bunch
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Anyone who says anything other than CB is nuts We are not in a good spot there
Completely agree. Sure id like to be better at DE2, backup OT, and a better DT,.. but our problems start and end with corner and the lack of elite talent and lack of quality depth.
Posted on 8/31/26 at 10:40 am to Lsujacket66
In Staley’s defense we use one of the safeties as essentially a corner so it’s not as bad as it looks. Probably also a reaction to proliferation of 12 and 13 personnel base offenses by a lot of teams in the league.
Same with receivers. A lot of teams are going light at corner and receiver compared to recent years while loading up on TEs and safeties/hybrid defenders.
More broadly speaking we all knew (or should have known) come out of the off season that we are not going to be well-stocked everywhere. The team was disciplined this off season and did what was necessary to put a competitive team on the field and keep allowing Shough/Moore to improve and build on culture, but we finally took our lumps with the cap.
Were going to have real cap space next off season for the first time in a decade which should allow us to shore up position groups in a way we haven’t been able to in years.
Same with receivers. A lot of teams are going light at corner and receiver compared to recent years while loading up on TEs and safeties/hybrid defenders.
More broadly speaking we all knew (or should have known) come out of the off season that we are not going to be well-stocked everywhere. The team was disciplined this off season and did what was necessary to put a competitive team on the field and keep allowing Shough/Moore to improve and build on culture, but we finally took our lumps with the cap.
Were going to have real cap space next off season for the first time in a decade which should allow us to shore up position groups in a way we haven’t been able to in years.
Posted on 8/31/26 at 10:49 am to Lsujacket66
KoolAid is a #2 playing #1, and Riley is at best a #3 playing #2...and dinged up
Emerson was scorched vs backups of the Rams
Its a tough spot, one we all wanted addressed this offseason but it didn't happen
Emerson was scorched vs backups of the Rams
Its a tough spot, one we all wanted addressed this offseason but it didn't happen
Posted on 8/31/26 at 11:17 am to saints5021
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think they should consider trading for Gonzalez
Derp
Posted on 8/31/26 at 11:26 am to moneyg
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We have concerns at DT, LB, and CB on the defense.
We do not have any concerns at LB. What's the concern, we have to trade Werner because there's a 3rd starter on the bench?
DT is a depth concern, although I'd rather upgrade the starters. Same with CB.
Trading for a stud CB and moving KoolAid to CB2 is more ideal than adding random depth at CB/ DT.
This post was edited on 8/31/26 at 11:28 am
Posted on 8/31/26 at 11:30 am to nicholastiger
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PR - Brown can handle kick returns but he's never really handled punt returns - that's a crucial field position player
Price was fielding kicks and maybe punts too. I could have sworn Brown returned punts in the preseason games.
My concern of the the Oline depth as a whole.
something tells me the 53 man today isn't going to be the same 53 man come 9/13 in Detroit.
Posted on 8/31/26 at 11:44 am to Snipe
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My concern of the the Oline depth as a whole.
Easily the best position group on the team
You have several positions with backup-caliber players lol. Cant be worried about OL depth
Posted on 8/31/26 at 12:35 pm to nicholastiger
lol, C and Punt returner are the 2 positions of least concern for this team
Posted on 8/31/26 at 1:23 pm to nicholastiger
We have concerns but we have much less concerns going into year 2 than year 1, I’ll take that.
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