Adam Archuleta

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Originally Posted by Mattyk72

If Williams loved Smoot so much don't you think we would have tried harder to keep him?

Look at the corners Williams likes. Big, physical guys that hit and cover. Sorry but Smoot doesn't fit that description.

Marshall is a TON cheaper than what Pierce would have cost us, therefore letting him go was the wiser move.

AA does need to step up, but people calling for him to be traded or benched is insane. He's still settling into this system, give the man a break.

My original point was that the defense would have been better last year and this year with those guys. The defense with Pierce was 3rd in the NFL. They were top 10 last year and a disappointment this year. I would rather have the 2004 version. If you don't agree, argue with the numbers.

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Originally Posted by Grim21Reaper

My original point was that the defense would have been better last year and this year with those guys. The defense with Pierce was 3rd in the NFL. They were top 10 last year and a disappointment this year. I would rather have the 2004 version. If you don't agree, argue with the numbers.

That's all speculative on your part, nobody can say for sure what would have happened had we kept them.

I still don't understand the logic of wanting to keep Pierce at a much higher price tag for a job that was done almost as equally well by Marshall at a much lower figure.

As for Smoot, Rogers became his replacement and is a better fit. He's still young, but his upside is much larger.

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Originally Posted by Mattyk72

That's all speculative on your part, nobody can say for sure what would have happened had we kept them.

I still don't understand the logic of wanting to keep Pierce at a much higher price tag for a job that was done almost as equally well by Marshall at a much lower figure.

As for Smoot, Rogers became his replacement and is a better fit. He's still young, but his upside is much larger.

If upside is getting torched on a weekly basis than he has plenty of it. You would think that opposing teams would go after Wright or Rumph. Instead they victimize our new #1 corner. I have seen some great coverage and nice hits by Rogers but until he shows that he can catch the ball he is going to continue to get abused.

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Originally Posted by Grim21Reaper

My original point was that the defense would have been better last year and this year with those guys. The defense with Pierce was 3rd in the NFL. They were top 10 last year and a disappointment this year. I would rather have the 2004 version. If you don't agree, argue with the numbers.

And our offense would have no weapons. We were able to sign some FAs because they replaced Pierce with a lower cost alternative with similar production. They were able to replace Smoot with a lower cost alternativeand more upside.

You can't have everything. If we pay Pierce and Smoot then we have no ARE or BL. Maybe one of them. Maybe. On top of that we probably are enduring another year os LA's drama since letting him go would have been more difficult.

The made decisions to not pay a #2 corner #1 money and thought they had a good replacement for Pierce for 1/4 the cost. Now Marshall can't be quibbled with. He has been fine. Letting Smoot go has been difficult but lets be honest...he didn't totally fit the system and he would have cost an arm and a leg.

The Clark/AA move seems off to me since it doesn't follow the value/production model they usually use. They must obviously think AA is a big upgrade or they wouldn't have let Clark go. I am willing to trust them a few more games on AA. I think 3 games is nowhere near enough to judge.