Is this the worst secondary we'll ever have going into a season?

[LinvilleGorge]

7 minutes ago, pantherclaw said:

Neither one should have been starting. 

YET, we still had a great season. 

It was a different league back then. Lesser talented DBs could get away with a physical play style that would have flags raining down all over the field today.

[SwagAces9030]

Nothing was worse than...

[top dawg]

Not quite sure why people are assuming that the secondary is/will be so bad (and hopefully I don't find out). It probably isn't great at the moment, but should be serviceable. I feel better about it than the last couple of seasons.

[jayflip]

31 minutes ago, pantherclaw said:

Reggie Howard

Terry Cousin

At least we had Minter back there, and my memory fails me but I think Grant as well. Above average S play, and the two journeyman corners outplayed their expectations. 

 

[Jimmy]

Bradberry is going to ball out this year I have a feeling....last year was pretty bad and 2016 made everyone nervous with 2 rookie DBs

[heel31ok]

58 minutes ago, CarolinaSamurai said:

Our safety's waiting to go into the game 

All these guys are faster than Roman Harper...

[davos]

I’m pretty sure we had Melvin White and Bene going in that one year

[Riverboat Ron]

1 hour ago, Ratzer said:

We still have the draft. I bet we draft 2 DBs.

I agree, probably a CB and S within our first 4 picks.

[panthers55]

1 hour ago, RumHam said:

Pretty sure we were in the Super Bowl and they were much better than what we have.

We were in the Superbowl and no they weren't better. The problem is that might not mean much given receivers are bigger and faster and passing attacks are more creative and varied. So our current guys could be better and still could struggle given the level of competition we face every week.

[Swaggasaurus]

When we draft Josh Jackson and Jessie Bates with our first 2 picks and our starting lineup is Jackson, Blueberry, Bates, and Adams with Cockrell, Seymour, Capt and Searcy on the bench, it will be ok.

[RumHam]

1 hour ago, SwagAces9030 said:

Nothing was worse than...

I think our safeties are worse

[pantherclaw]

1 hour ago, LinvilleGorge said:

It was a different league back then. Lesser talented DBs could get away with a physical play style that would have flags raining down all over the field today.

Without a doubt.

[WOW!!]

1 hour ago, CarolinaSamurai said:

Our safety's waiting to go into the game 

This...lol

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

30 minutes ago, panthers55 said:

We were in the Superbowl and no they weren't better. The problem is that might not mean much given receivers are bigger and faster and passing attacks are more creative and varied. So our current guys could be better and still could struggle given the level of competition we face every week.

that was also before tony dungy and jim irsay cried to the competition committee (polian was on it then) about the patriots beating up their receivers and got the rules changed too