06-24-2024, 10:51 AM
Our CB room is filled to the brim with unknowns.
Cam Taylor Britt is our best outside cornerback, but he struggles to stay healthy. He was injured in training camp in his rookie year and missed the first 7 weeks of the season, and in 2023 he had to go on the IR after injuring his ankle in week 12 and then his quadricep during practice the following week.
Dax Hill seems to be in the conversation for #2 CB and he has not really played outside corner until now. He has the athletic profile to succeed there, but will he? Who is to say?
And then DJ Turner looked pretty good at the beginning of the year, but got worse and worse as the season went on, culminating in a horrific 51.5 PFF score.
We lost Chidobe Awuzie in free agency and didn't bother replacing him in free agency and then waited until the 5th round to draft rookie Josh Newton.
Newton came into the 2023 college football season as a potential first round pick, but inconsistent and poor play throughout 2023 (as well as an underwhelming 6.21 RAS with a 4.51 40 time) dropped him all the way into the middle of day 3. There's a chance that 2023 was the anomaly and he really is a first round talent but, again, that's just a big question mark.
DJ Ivey is a 7th round pick coming back from a major, late season surgery, so expecting anything from him is not a good idea and Jalen Davis is a big unknown at NCB since he has played very sparingly.
The one stalwart of the group is Mike Hilton, but he is confined to the slot due to his size and, quietly, has struggled with slot fades last season. Something that our opponents noticed and exploited. He's also a free agent at the end of the season and I wonder if we'd re-sign him when he'll be 31 at that time.
No matter how you cut it, this is one of the most unproven CB rooms in the NFL.
Admittedly, I selected my choice of 27-32 just based on our outside cornerbacks. I should have slowed down and included NCB, in which case I'd say 20-26.
Cam Taylor Britt is our best outside cornerback, but he struggles to stay healthy. He was injured in training camp in his rookie year and missed the first 7 weeks of the season, and in 2023 he had to go on the IR after injuring his ankle in week 12 and then his quadricep during practice the following week.
Dax Hill seems to be in the conversation for #2 CB and he has not really played outside corner until now. He has the athletic profile to succeed there, but will he? Who is to say?
And then DJ Turner looked pretty good at the beginning of the year, but got worse and worse as the season went on, culminating in a horrific 51.5 PFF score.
We lost Chidobe Awuzie in free agency and didn't bother replacing him in free agency and then waited until the 5th round to draft rookie Josh Newton.
Newton came into the 2023 college football season as a potential first round pick, but inconsistent and poor play throughout 2023 (as well as an underwhelming 6.21 RAS with a 4.51 40 time) dropped him all the way into the middle of day 3. There's a chance that 2023 was the anomaly and he really is a first round talent but, again, that's just a big question mark.
DJ Ivey is a 7th round pick coming back from a major, late season surgery, so expecting anything from him is not a good idea and Jalen Davis is a big unknown at NCB since he has played very sparingly.
The one stalwart of the group is Mike Hilton, but he is confined to the slot due to his size and, quietly, has struggled with slot fades last season. Something that our opponents noticed and exploited. He's also a free agent at the end of the season and I wonder if we'd re-sign him when he'll be 31 at that time.
No matter how you cut it, this is one of the most unproven CB rooms in the NFL.
Admittedly, I selected my choice of 27-32 just based on our outside cornerbacks. I should have slowed down and included NCB, in which case I'd say 20-26.
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