http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/06/report-eagles-to-cut-asomugha-today/
Get this guy down here and let him play man. 3 year deal and draft some corners to groom. The guy was a victim to the worst defensive coordinators in the history of the NFL. Get him down here and let him play like he can. How much is he going to want? Discuss....
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Ill take him for a bargain.
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Larryfinfan 17-0...Priceless Club Member
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His play slipped DRASTICALLY the last few years. Id take a small gamble on him but his market will be thinner then expected imo if it does happen.
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Specifically his play slipped a ton in 2012. You can't blame it all on scheme, either. What worries me is you have a 32 year old guy who just doesn't seem passionate anymore, whose play slipped significantly in the most recent year...and these are not good signs that a revival is on the way.
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I think this is the kind of guy that Kevin Coyle has an extensive work history with in Cincinnati. I think it would probably be a good potential option.
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Let me put it this way. Jimmy Wilson outplayed him last year. Let that sink in.
66.7% completions on him for 698 yards (15.9 avg catch) 5 TD's allowed and 120.8QBR against. Would have been a whole lot worse but it seems he was still living off rep and teams targeted him half the times compared to those in the same snap count range. For instance Tim Jennings allowed less yards on 104 times targeted. Nmandi....44. It was a bit better the year before...but not massively. In other words he's showing 2 straight year of declines. Too many better options out there.azfinfanmang likes this. -
MrClean Inglourious Basterd Club Member
In Oakland he was always or nearly always in press man. That's his strength. Philly apparently tried to fit a square peg in a round hole and make him play zone. Which while he can do it, is only fair to middling at it.
I could see the idea of signing him for like 2 years, if you are willing to have him play press man the vast majority of the time. -
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Stay away from washed up old veterans.
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He looked lost on the field this year. Receivers literally went by him while he stood flat footed.
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If we start signing some aged veterans that we hope will play good for us, but who are in serious decline in their careers could backfire on us and move us backward instead of forward. Isn't that pretty much what we tried with Columbo and it didn't work? He had been a good lineman at one time but his last couple of years in Dallas had been on a decline and we hoped it was because of the scheme or injuries and we hoped he would return to form. It was the same results with some other aged veterans as well.
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Much rather have Adam Jones and Chris Houston
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Nnamdi is a press guy like Smith that struggles when he has to cover in space. -
The guy isn't THAT good. He wasn't that good with the Raiders. He made a couple of plays and everyone...I mean everyone...stopped throwing his way. Easy to say your are the best when nobody throws it your way all season. Attack him and you see what happened his last year in Oakland and while he has been in Philly. He is very beatable in man coverage and doesn't cover well in the zone.
Is he serviceable? Yes. Is he who you want out there as a starter on the #1 guy at this stage of his career? No. -
Paying big money for FA CBs never works out well. People seem to think that if you struggle in coverage you need to sign big name FA CBs to fix it. I can't recall the last time that it worked. In fact, most of the time the team that sign the big name FA CB has a worse pass D the following year. It's just the nature of the position under the current rules. An average CB has about as much impact as all but the very best. And even the very best will change from year to year for all but that HOF talent.
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I think his own physicality has caught up with him.
One of his strengths was that he was big..and well..strong. I think this has actually caught up with him.
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MrClean Inglourious Basterd Club Member
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I hope we don't sign a player based off of how he used to play. Nnamdi was flat out awful this past season. No thanks - this team doesn't need to take an expensive risk on a player who sucked last season.
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I'd kick the tires and look at making him a FS ala Woodson in GB
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