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<blockquote data-quote="paulska" data-source="post: 493320" data-attributes="member: 557"><p>I tend to agree with HRE here (not that I am frequently in disagreement with him on things). I'd say that whoever plays opposite Burnett needs to have some range to him. That's not to say that there aren't redeeming qualities amongst the players available you listed:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Rhodes can hit</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Pollard is assignment sure after having to cover for Ed "The Rover" Reed in Baltimore, but lacks speed in coverage</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ronde Barber has seen it all and still made plays last year and is an amazing team guy, but is a little too close to the end a la Saturday, for me</li> </ul><p>Aside from Huff, everyone else there is just a guy. Given his still impressive physical tools, Huff likely has 3-4 years left of productive football in the right scheme. It always seemed to me that in our scheme we were at our best when we had two safeties that could play either role rather than a clearly defined hitter and cover-dude back there. Huff has the tools to do what Burnett does, which puts Capers in a position that teams can't zero in on the physical limitations of a player against us, and it means that either safety could do a lot of things pre-snap, which makes reads tougher to make in the passing game for opponents.</p><p> </p><p>Ultimately, I think it's about production per dollar- if Huff is signable for 12 million over four years, does his level of play and production outperform the collective performance of Jennings and McMillian for their collective remaining salary to the degree that the money difference is worth it?</p><p> </p><p>I can't say, because I don't watch enough AFC west games to know just how effective Huff is in a role comparable to how we'd use him. Signing him is a minor leap of faith because he's spent so much time at CB for Oakland instead of at safety where the consensus is that he's a better performer overall.</p><p> </p><p>I will say that the last DB with question marks about tread and tools we signed in FA turned out MEGAroses for us- if Huff is 1/2 as dominant at safety as Woodson was at CB, I think 12 mil/4 years is money well spent, because it not only means improved play, but it also means that one of our younger talents gets a chance to come along without needing to do it without brain farts costing us big plays left, right and center...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="paulska, post: 493320, member: 557"] I tend to agree with HRE here (not that I am frequently in disagreement with him on things). I'd say that whoever plays opposite Burnett needs to have some range to him. That's not to say that there aren't redeeming qualities amongst the players available you listed: [LIST] [*]Rhodes can hit [*]Pollard is assignment sure after having to cover for Ed "The Rover" Reed in Baltimore, but lacks speed in coverage [*]Ronde Barber has seen it all and still made plays last year and is an amazing team guy, but is a little too close to the end a la Saturday, for me [/LIST] Aside from Huff, everyone else there is just a guy. Given his still impressive physical tools, Huff likely has 3-4 years left of productive football in the right scheme. It always seemed to me that in our scheme we were at our best when we had two safeties that could play either role rather than a clearly defined hitter and cover-dude back there. Huff has the tools to do what Burnett does, which puts Capers in a position that teams can't zero in on the physical limitations of a player against us, and it means that either safety could do a lot of things pre-snap, which makes reads tougher to make in the passing game for opponents. Ultimately, I think it's about production per dollar- if Huff is signable for 12 million over four years, does his level of play and production outperform the collective performance of Jennings and McMillian for their collective remaining salary to the degree that the money difference is worth it? I can't say, because I don't watch enough AFC west games to know just how effective Huff is in a role comparable to how we'd use him. Signing him is a minor leap of faith because he's spent so much time at CB for Oakland instead of at safety where the consensus is that he's a better performer overall. I will say that the last DB with question marks about tread and tools we signed in FA turned out MEGAroses for us- if Huff is 1/2 as dominant at safety as Woodson was at CB, I think 12 mil/4 years is money well spent, because it not only means improved play, but it also means that one of our younger talents gets a chance to come along without needing to do it without brain farts costing us big plays left, right and center... [/QUOTE]
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