34th Overall Pick

[Starry Plough]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

Is this the same place which claimed top ten Oline? Amerson had ups and down. No way he should be the #1 CB next year, thats laughable and the FO isnt that stupid. I thought Amerson flashed pretty well. If your worried about Amerson, you are worried about the wrong things about this defense.

Top 3 actually. ;-)

I don’t consider PFF nor any other statistical site to be gospel admittedly. I referenced them merely to provide a bit of perspective on Amerson’s positives and negatives. To reiterate, I believe he’ll work out just fine. He’s a smart kid with a great work ethic. Couple that with his natural skill-set and he’ll hopefully be a very solid contributor for the years to come and then maybe after he gets another year or two under his belt we can start talking about him being the leader of our secondary.

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by TheMalcolmConnection

I would have agreed, but after looking up some of his stats, he was way worse than it came off to me. Maybe it was the fact Josh Wilson got bent over every other play, but I read something that Amerson gave the highest yards per catch of any other DB. If anything, I remember him playing really well the last 3-4 games, so hopefully the upward trend continues.

For me Amerson passes the eye test. He can make plays on the ball. He's willing to wrap up and tackle. I like what I see from him. He just needs more coaching, game experience and perhaps better safety play behind him.

[GTripp0012]

I think the retention of the defensive coaching staff is the best thing to happen to Amerson.

We're also going to need to invest in some man cover guys. Amerson is an obvious target when the Skins are in man to man coverage. Not that I don't trust him or he can't improve, but offenses are going to scheme all week to try to get one on one matchups against Amerson.

I think there's only likely to be one pick spent in the secondary, somewhere between the 3rd and 5th rounds. They will go get a corner, and probably a safety in free agency. But I also think the secondary is much less of an issue from a personnel perspective without the Great Shanahan Zone Coverage Mandate of 2010-13.

[EARTHQUAKE2689]

Hell I want both Rak and Byrd.

[SirLK26]

Originally Posted by EARTHQUAKE2689

Hell I want both Rak and Byrd.

Hell, I want Orakpo, Byrd, Verner, Mack, and Decker.

[TheMalcolmConnection]

Biggest thing we have to remember that while we CAN go a bit nuts in FA, it's not going to let us sign 4-5 big-time guys. Assuming we resign Hall, resign Riley, MAYBE get a Byrd/Ware, MAYBE resign Hall, we're probably going to be a bit more limited than we'd like to think.

CC or Schneed could answer it better based on speculation, but I think we could get 1-2 top quality guys and maybe 2-3 more depth guys.

[SirLK26]

Originally Posted by TheMalcolmConnection

Biggest thing we have to remember that while we CAN go a bit nuts in FA, it's not going to let us sign 4-5 big-time guys. Assuming we resign Hall, resign Riley, MAYBE get a Byrd/Ware, MAYBE resign Hall, we're probably going to be a bit more limited than we'd like to think.

CC or Schneed could answer it better based on speculation, but I think we could get 1-2 top quality guys and maybe 2-3 more depth guys.

Just to be clear, I don't really think we can sign all the guys I mentioned. I was just sayin'. I do, however, think we can sign multiple impact players. After resigning Orakpo, Riley, Hall, and Davis, we can still sign Ward or Byrd, Verner, Monroe, and a WR like Sanders, Cooper, or Jacoby Jones. Like Matty said, 1st years are structured in a way that we could fit all those guys in.

[delusional optimist]

To me Amerson is barry wilburn at CB but Darren Sharper at FS. I'm not saying he can't play or be a solid CB.I'm saying to maximize his potentail to me his best position is FS.

Jordan Matthews will go later but turn out better than Benjamin.Benjamin will probably go in the 1st. Reminds me of Jon Baldwin which is a bad thing

[Starry Plough]

Keim wrote this about Amerson.

Rookie report: David Amerson - Washington Redskins Blog - ESPN

I think patience is necessary with any rookie. Let’s wait and see how the kid does where he is having had a season under his belt and (hopefully) more reliable play around him.

Re Matthews vs Benjamin, I think JM is a better starter as of now but KB might have greater upside. I’d personally keep an eye on Donte Moncrief out of Ole Miss. He had something of a down year but there’s a lot to like about his game. I’ve read a few detailed reports on him suggesting he high points the ball as well as anyone in this class, and is a savvy route runner with enough speed to be a deep threat.

[MTK]

$30M goes a pretty long way with the way the first years are typically structured to be pretty reasonable.

[GTripp0012]

Aaron Rodgers is also the most obvious example that a mobile quarterback doesn't have to consistently get through his reads or make every throw from the pocket or never take a bad sack in order to win a lot of games or throw for a lot of yards. Rodgers is pretty comfortable as a pocket passer, but a lot of his big plays that separate him from the Jay Cutler's of the world come when he breaks the pocket.

[EARTHQUAKE2689]

I also think we could get Jeremy Maclin for cheap

[skinsfaninok]

Originally Posted by EARTHQUAKE2689

I also think we could get Jeremy Maclin for cheap

Thatd be nice

[EARTHQUAKE2689]

Originally Posted by skinsfaninok

Thatd be nice

Coming off injury, has something to prove, would be a good pairing with Garcon.

[diehardskin2982]

Right now I am hoping we trade down. If we can get an additional 3rd round pick and move down, that has to be the move. We have a lot of holes to fill.

The other question is will Cousins be traded and if so for what? Who needs a QB?

Browns
Jets?
Texans
Jags
Titans?
Raiders
Vikings
Cardinals