Steelers Cut Starting CB Steven Nelson

[Mr. Scot]

1 minute ago, Waldo said:

Like I said probably. I just can't discount the power of stupid.

"Stupid" works for Washington now 

[Waldo]

18 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

We've only got two corners who are taller. Oliver is 6'0 and new signee Rashaan Melvin is 6'2.

Our current number one corner (Jackson) is only 5'10.

The one CB we looked at this offseason was 6'2" and isn't Snow quoted as saying he likes fast and long CBs?

As long as they are on cheap rookie deals that's fine. We are doing what we can with what we have. So far, none look like they should be a part of the long term plans yet and someone has to play NB. If we flipped that entire unit by the end of the next draft I would be ecstatic with the process. 

[Waldo]

6 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

"Stupid" works for Washington now 

And Houston has a couple, Dallas still exists and the Jags run with scissors every year. 

[Waldo]

28 minutes ago, AU-panther said:

I can understand passing on him, but just basing it on height? 
 

I guess you would have passed on Revis also? 

One, this guy isn't a Revis level player or he wouldn't have been cut. Two, I would take Woodson over Revis everyday if we are playing choose the great CB. 

It's not just height. It's price, skills and height. If we are talking big contracts then they better have some height on them or be a freak athletically. 

[AU-panther]

50 minutes ago, Waldo said:

One, this guy isn't a Revis level player or he wouldn't have been cut. Two, I would take Woodson over Revis everyday if we are playing choose the great CB. 

It's not just height. It's price, skills and height. If we are talking big contracts then they better have some height on them or be a freak athletically. 

What if he was good and under 6’, would you pay him then? 
 

A good player is a good player, his height might be reason he is good or bad but by itself it doesn’t tell you anything and using it as a singular metric to decide on a player is poor evaluation.

 

 

 

 

 

[Waldo]

4 minutes ago, AU-panther said:

What if he was good and under 6’, would you pay him then? 
 

A good player is a good player, his height might be reason he is good or bad but by itself it doesn’t tell you anything and using it as a singular metric to decide on a player is poor evaluation.

 

 

 

 

 

Don't know. He was exceptional so I wouldn't think it would change much other than his normal self was great and would be better in that scenario. And yes price matters. 

That's true but it can be a deal killer when they are not good enough at that position. This guy in discussion doesn't look worth it unless we are talking one year get into the next draft and take a CB in the 1st if we still have it. 

The NFL has changed their rules dramatically to favor the WRs in those matchups. Everything matters at CB because they are playing a position where it's not fair. I'm hoping, from what I have heard from F/R/S, that by the end of next offseason we will have better options at CB and FS. I just don't think we have the luxury to make much of a dent this offseason with neglecting the O last offseason.

[Riverboat Ron]

[Jared Patterson]

We got to be at least interested here right?

[Pup McBarky]

19 minutes ago, Jared Patterson said:

We got to be at least interested here right?

"In on every deal."

[Jay Roosevelt]

We need someone with a little size. Jackson is solid, but he just doesn't have the size to match up with the bigger wideouts.

[MHS831]

Somehow, we are like $28m under the cap, according to Newton (SI).  We need a CB so that we can look for a T in round 2 or in the event we have to trade the second round pick.

Time to do something.  I think we land one of the free agents by Thursday at the latest.

[TheSpecialJuan]

1 minute ago, MHS831 said:

Somehow, we are like $28m under the cap, according to Newton (SI).  We need a CB so that we can look for a T in round 2 or in the event we have to trade the second round pick.

Time to do something.  I think we land one of the free agents by Thursday at the latest.

lol hell no D Newton is a dumb dumb 

[Jared Patterson]

1 hour ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

lol hell no D Newton is a dumb dumb 

Yea, but we do have 28 and almost close to 30 million and can easily create more.

[BurnNChinn]

8 minutes ago, Jared Patterson said:

Yea, but we do have 28 and almost close to 30 million and can easily create more.

It’s less than that, it’s missing Reddick, Perryman, Eflein, Miller and others