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Originally Posted by Laz
and i contend that there were several guys that were actually BPA over McCluster and still filled a more impactful need than McCluster does.
just one quick example:
instead of grabbing McCluster, we grab safety Nate Allen to pair up with Eric Berry.
we now have one of the youngest and most talented secondary in the NFL with Flowers,Allen,Berry,Carr. Both safeties can cover like cornerbacks but are built and tackle like safeties. Totally sic
since we took Allen we don't have to take Lewis in the 5th and we can grab a KR/PR specialist guy there like CB/KR Parrish Cox. With Cox around we don't need Arenas and we could of grab a stud LB or NT(2/3 LB's and 2/3 NT's to choose from) at 2b and our draft looks really freaking solid.
Maybe not as flashy, but still we got really good players and filled really important needs.
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A few points of contention. The first being that unless you have Eric Berry, a Safety is NOT a position that carries high positional value. I think McCluster will play as valuable a role as Allen if not moreso. Yeah, you could argue he was among the BPA, but if you factor in need, weren't people on here complaining that our safeties can't cover if there's no pass rush?
To the second point, with Cox you have a character-issue guy who's decent in kick coverage and is a lot slower to play the corner position. With Arenas, you have a bona fide nickel corner and coverage guy. I think we may have reached a little on Arenas, but I don't have a huge problem taking a guy who plays two pretty important roles.
And finally, most of these players we're talking about. Apart from Kindle, are any of these guys really playmakers? They look like they have potential to play their position well enough, but none are going to add electricity. We again go into the debate of whether this team needs playmakers or players who can solidify their positions, and it's interesting that this board has shifted gears from one position to another entirely with the McCluster pick.