Fox says Portis up; Defense down

[Paintrain]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

I think we'll have a top 5 D again, I don't see Smoot and Pierce as being guys that are irreplaceable.

Exactly. Pierce was a one year phenom, not to diminish his accomplishments but there's a reason that he was a reserve going into last year.. Smoot is an excellent CB but he's aruguably not in the top 10 in the league as far as CB go. Harris/Rogers should be sufficient in replacing him.

[wolfeskins]

champ bailey was 10 times better than smoot and his loss did'nt have a negative effect on the d, so i don't see the loss of smoot as a reason to say the skins d will not be as good as last year, nor do i see the loss of pierce as reason for concern.
both players were good for us but both players will be replaced by very capable players.