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The CB Market is Starting to Soften....

Discussion in 'Miami Dolphins Forum' started by finyank13, Mar 14, 2013.

  1. finyank13

    finyank13 Reality Check

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    I think if Miami waits a little they have a shot to get a good starting corner/safety on the cheap. The market is flooded with them right now, as is the draft. I just dont see where the hugh paydays are coming from for any of them. So far we have.

    -DRC 1/5
    -Cox 4/20
    -Landry 4/24
    -Quin 5/25
    -Goldston 5/41
    -Houston 5/25
    -Smith 3/18

    So take out Goldston who is marque and the avg for a starting corning is at 5M. Keep in mind that is with teams that have money and the need, what happens when both dry up??

    I like Miami's shots of getting a good solid CB or even Pollard for cheap....

    Thoughts?
     
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  2. Not So Fast

    Not So Fast Well-Known Member

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    Aren't Landry and Goldson safeties? I wouldn't include them in the CB market.
     
  3. finyank13

    finyank13 Reality Check

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    As I say this lol....

     
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  4. finyank13

    finyank13 Reality Check

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    I know but I am lunping Pollard in because I want him, and they are generally cheaper than CB's......which is even better...:up:
     
  5. LiferYank

    LiferYank New Member

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    Why do i see Smith ending up back here.
     
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  6. dWreck

    dWreck formerly dcaf

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    Pollard would be dope. If long sticks with STL then SS24 will remain a phin I bet. Although I would prefer him not, people are getting grabbed left and right... (his asking price is gunna get b-smacked imo )
     
  7. Fin D

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    What we're seeing is what some of us have been saying for a bit now...CB is not as important as lot of people think.

    The rules are too much in favor of the WRs so the best way to stop the passing game is with a pass rush. Look at FA, CBs everywhere while tumbleweeds and cobwebs in the pass rusher room.
     
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  8. PHINANALYST

    PHINANALYST Well-Known Member

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    Pollard would be interesting .... he wasn't expensive for BAL - so surprising to me that he was cut.

    CBs must be crying softly to themselves with this market .... great for us! Heck, we could pick up 2 CBs if we wanted to in this market .... just PLEASE DON'T BRING SMITH BACK!
     
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  9. Stitches

    Stitches ThePhin's Biggest Killjoy Luxury Box

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    fwiw
     
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  10. dWreck

    dWreck formerly dcaf

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    Signing Pollard would be like contracting a Hitman.
     
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  11. schmolioot

    schmolioot Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    I think we keep Smith at $5-6 per year which is reasonable. Can probably get a Lewis or Munnerlyn for around that or less too
     
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  12. Caps

    Caps Movimiento Juvenil

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    I have a feeling this is gonna be Sean Smith on the steps of the Dolphin facility in a few days:

    [video=youtube;T575Pbo4eWM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T575Pbo4eWM[/video]

    Man somebody really did him a disservice getting in his ear and making him think he was worth a double digit per year contract. I wouldn't take him back unless its at a discount at this point.
     
  13. LiferYank

    LiferYank New Member

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    True its hard for a QB to complete a pass if he is eating grass
     
  14. dWreck

    dWreck formerly dcaf

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    Like i've said before, I'm pretty anti-SS24 but 6 or less would be pretty fair.
     
  15. finyank13

    finyank13 Reality Check

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    Fin I think alot of it has to do with supply and demand as it pertains to this year....this is the WRONG year to be a CB and get paid....CB is very important in my opinon, you cant have slebs back there....

    Look at the Giants....secondary lost them their chances last year point blank after they started 6-2....
     
  16. Fin D

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    Think about it....why is there such a big supply? Because teams aren't willing to spend a lot on a position that is not that important. If they were important as you say, they'd be signed. Its not like this is an influx of rookies taht can't find suitors.

    Its like if you go by a car dealership and they have a lot of cars.......they aren't necessarily doing well.
     
  17. Rouk

    Rouk Well-Known Member

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    the eagles massive failed "Dream Team" killed the db market all dbs should be furious at the eagles imo
     
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  18. finyank13

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    I get that, but it has to do with also that there are several very good CB's in the draft too....if this years CB draft class was like this years QB class, these guys would be going sooner I believe...
     
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  19. schmolioot

    schmolioot Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    CBs are certainly still importnant, it's just that there are only a few really great ones and the rest are all roughly the same. There is no huge difference between Smith/Lewis/Talib/Munnerlyn, etc.

    Talib is probably the best but he has other issues
     
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  20. Fin D

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    No they certainly are not.
     
  21. schmolioot

    schmolioot Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    They may fit different styles or play different way but I see no huge talent difference between those guys that you'd be dying to have one over another. That's why all their prices are collectively going down
     
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  22. unluckyluciano

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    or because multiple contracts expired this year?
     
  23. Coral Reefer

    Coral Reefer Premium Member

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    Nope it's just that CB's aren't important anymore!!! :lol:
    I just love when I hear these theories that certain positions are now somehow "outdated" and not important anymore.
    It's a joke.

    We without a doubt need CB help.
    I'd prefer Sean Smith go elsewhere. He has not progressed well at all.
    I think the next step in FA may very well tell where we go with our first round draft pick.
    We fill CB in FA we may look to Werner for pass rush. We pick up a pass rush DE in FA then the Rhodes rumors may be a lock.
    Just my 2 cents.
     
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  24. VManis

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    That's is only the demand side of the equation. The fact that the market is also flooded with CBs both in FA and the draft is lowering the value just as much. If it was only due to demand than the market for OT would be red hot as you need to defend against the pass rush to have a successful passing offense. However the tackle market is also soft due to supply.
     
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  25. dWreck

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    I would not say they are flat out "not important" as I would that the importance of the position is relative, like most.

    There have been plenty of times when we have yelled our ***es off at the TV wishing we had CB play worth a damn. It might not be something you necessarily need to spend a fortune on, but again, relativity.

    With that being said, the market WAS flooded with CBs and they are being picked off left and right. Jake Long needs to hurry up imo so we can move on either way, I have a feeling thats the real hold up here.
     
  26. phillyphinphan

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    I really like pollard, I do...but I don't wanna move Rashad out of his ss spot, to me he's a star in the making...
     
  27. finyank13

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    He is um still um doing his physical.....:shifty:

    Many injuries to comb through on ole Jake....
     
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  28. finyank13

    finyank13 Reality Check

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    does this change your mind?
     
  29. Fin D

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    Yet it doesn't work like that for any other vitally important position. Take WR, teams pay more than they are worth for them. Same with TEs and OT and DTs. Corners are dropping in value.
     
  30. dWreck

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    Ikr. Jones is going to be monstrous.
     
  31. Fin D

    Fin D Sigh

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    Typical. Just smug bullsh|t with no actual reasoning, other than your patented, because I "said so that's why" attitude.

    How about just once, you back up anything you say with a fact or reason. Just once. Contribute to the discussion instead of ****ting on it.
     
  32. Fin D

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    Its the supply side too. All these corners came from other teams.

    Are there a lot of competent OTs not signed right now?
     
  33. schmolioot

    schmolioot Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    Outside of Wallace and Harvin the WR market has been pretty stale. Even Jennings is only now getting a second team invovled with visiting Minessota.

    If there were a truly spectacular corner out there he would get paid a huge sum. If Revis is traded he will get a record breaking contract.

    None of the positions are different in that accord. The special players break the bank, everybody else is kind of in a pile that gets rummaged through for bargains.
     
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  34. finyank13

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    Part of me thinks that the reason why these teams that were interested in most of the available left aren't because they are going to make a run at Revis?? Especially IF he hits free agency next year..
     
  35. CANDolphan

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    Just as many as there are corners, actually. Winston, Long, Vollmer, Andre Smith... that's 4 top quality OTs.
     
  36. VManis

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    Long, Smith, Vollmer, Winston
     
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  37. Fin D

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    My mistake, I meant LT not OT. Smith, Viollmer and Winston are all RT. Long is a LT and he is choosing between 2 contracts as we speak.
     
  38. Fin D

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    Jennings is still going to get more than he is worth and teams are being adding on the list for him as the teams shrink from the CBs.
     
  39. phillyphinphan

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    Yeah, Pollard is a beast and an enforcer...but when i watched Jones play fs, he looked uncomfortable and unsure...
     
  40. texanphinatic

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    IMO the problem with paying a CB a truckload or spending premium picks on them is that offenses are so deep these days. QBs with crazy accuracy short, medium and long who have 3-4 good WRs, 1-2 good TEs, a good RB who can all catch the ball. Paying top money to allow you to match up with one guy leaves you underfunded to match up on the rest. That doesn't even take into effect rules changes that favor offense. So you spread the wealth in the secondary on 2-3-4 decent CBs, get a ballhawk safety, and ramp up that passrush.

    A premium blue chip CB like a Miliner this year, or maybe a Peterson, Claiborne, Haden in the past still make sense with the new rookie cap, but second level talents I am not sure are worth first round picks anymore. Less value, like taking guards. Not sure if Rhodes/Trufant are worth that blue chip rating personally. Would prefer a passrusher, safety or WR like Austin/Patterson. More impact.
     

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