Asante Samuel

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Originally Posted by GMScud

Asante Samuel is an amazing story. And undrafted player out of Central Florida who has turned into a franchise player. He had more INTs than our entire friggin' team last year. I don't care about that run support crap. How many corners can take on an NFL running back one on one anyway? Pretty much all of them would get bowled over. If our D-line and linebackers are doing their job and the safeties come up in support, the corner should be the last defensive player responsible for the run.

Bingo. I don't think anybody blows the "run-stopping corners" out of proportion more than we do here at The Warpath.

Sure it's nice to say that your corners can do that. If you are football player, one of the most basic things they teach you all the way back to pee-wee football is how to tackle. If you are that concerned about your cornerbacks being able to stop the run, then you have problems anyway.

I'm not saying one way or the other about whether we should go after Asante Samuel. Maybe he is too expensive. Maybe it would be nice to have a guy in the secondary who has demonstrated an ability to catch the football better than anyone we have now.

But can we please stop with the bullsh*t about not going after ball-hawking corners who can shut down a receiver because he supposedly can't "stop the run" ?