Shawn Springs

[mike340]

We also need Darrell Green back...not as a player, but as a coach. Both guys at starting corner at the end of his tenure have done pretty well (Bailey and Smoot.) I've always wondered if Green impacted their development. In addition, the pub would be good for his charity.

As far as Springs coming back, I think it's bigger than CP for the offense. The coaches got the players to fill certain positions. With Springs out, everybody except the line is playing off-balance (trying to help others who are weak), and few are plying their strengths. AA shouldn't be in pass support. We get an extra rusher for "free". Taylor can play his "real" position. DBs won't have to play 15 yards off the line of scrimmage, so they can come up on running plays. We can blitz. The only positive I see now is that Springs probably doesn't impact any game until Dallas in a month, so there's time. We should beat the Titans and lose to the Colts, so we'll be 3-4 before the bye week. After that, most of the tough teams we will play at home, and the offense should have worked out all the kinks by then. Note that we've already played 2 of the 3 away games in the division, and none of the home games. I could easily see we go 7-2 after the bye week, assuming Springs is back (giving the defense some teeth) and the offense has some sort of rhythm. So if he comes back in a month, we should have a good chance to make the playoffs.