Shawn Springs

[GhettoDogAllStars]

yes, shawn springs is a very important part of our defense ... but the REAL problem is depth. you can't expect to be injury-free, especially with someone shawn's age. unfortunately, we don't have depth because we've traded away all our draft picks, and have used all our cap room. shawn springs has been getting old now for a while, and everyone knows it -- hell, he got injured last year too. this is the time when a normal franchise would have replacements -- remember philly when they didn't resign their #1 and #2 CBs (vincent and taylor)? everyone thought they were gonna suffer big ... well they didn't because they were prepared, and now they have one of the top secondaries in the NFL.

[That Guy]

Originally Posted by GhettoDogAllStars

yes, shawn springs is a very important part of our defense ... but the REAL problem is depth. you can't expect to be injury-free, especially with someone shawn's age. unfortunately, we don't have depth because we've traded away all our draft picks, and have used all our cap room. shawn springs has been getting old now for a while, and everyone knows it -- hell, he got injured last year too. this is the time when a normal franchise would have replacements -- remember philly when they didn't resign their #1 and #2 CBs (vincent and taylor)? everyone thought they were gonna suffer big ... well they didn't because they were prepared, and now they have one of the top secondaries in the NFL.

when sheppard and wynn aren't hurt.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by GhettoDogAllStars

yes, shawn springs is a very important part of our defense ... but the REAL problem is depth. you can't expect to be injury-free, especially with someone shawn's age. unfortunately, we don't have depth because we've traded away all our draft picks, and have used all our cap room. shawn springs has been getting old now for a while, and everyone knows it -- hell, he got injured last year too. this is the time when a normal franchise would have replacements -- remember philly when they didn't resign their #1 and #2 CBs (vincent and taylor)? everyone thought they were gonna suffer big ... well they didn't because they were prepared, and now they have one of the top secondaries in the NFL.

How deep do you expect the secondary to be?

We've lost two very key contributors in Springs and Prioleau. I'd really be curious to see how things would look right now if we had lost only one of these guys. Prioleau was so valuable because of his versatility. Losing him was a double shot to the secondary because he could play corner and safety.