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Bob Sanders yay or nay?


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Hmm. Roy Williams gets a season ending injury, Ndukwe gets a season ending injury and Crocker gets a season ending injury.

Welcome home Sanders. You'll fit right in.

Beat me to it. Point to derek.

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Yup, I'd love O.J. Atogwe. Great safety, and we can sign him now.

Yep they should really think about doing that. If they would do that they can really think about not drafting a saftey so high, and worry about the o-line they should rebuild. I would play OJ and Nelson back there or Crocker which ever one looks better.

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I would play OJ and Nelson back there or Crocker which ever one looks better.

Atogwe is a FS, so he would replace Crocker or Nelson on the field... not play along side them.

What the Bengals really need is a SS. They haven't had a good one in the Marvin era.

Yup, and there doesn't seem to be a lot available in terms of strong safeties in the draft. your best bet is to find a guy who has the explosiveness, intelligence and playmaking ability to play the strong safety without necessarily having the prior experience. However, a lot of the footwork is very different.

As far as available safeties in the draft, the best one might be Rahim Moore from UCLA. Moore can hit and he makes a lot of plays, but I'm not sold on his instincts. Ahmad Black is very instinctual and makes a lot of big plays and big hits, but the biggest question about him is his size (only 5'9" 190) and a lotta people think that's exactly what we don't need. DeAndre McDaniel has the size and playmaking ability but isn't very fast and has some character concerns.

Sanders really is exactly the type of presence that could help us, but unfortunately it just isn't likely that he'd be able to stay healthy here, and we all know we won't pick him up anyway.

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I like reggie nelson a LOT,.. And he can play both positions,.. I kinda like him more at strong really,.. I'd love to have bob sanders tho,.. but hes made of pure muscle and gets hurt from all the blows he takes,.. but i think he still wants to play badly and will do all it takes to stay healthy,. weather its sparingly playing or special teams,.. He's a gamechanger... We should get him

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Yup, and there doesn't seem to be a lot available in terms of strong safeties in the draft. your best bet is to find a guy who has the explosiveness, intelligence and playmaking ability to play the strong safety without necessarily having the prior experience. However, a lot of the footwork is very different.

How about Quincy Carter? Mike Mayoch claimed teams will be closely watching to see how fast Carter runs at the combine, and if his speed isn't adequate they'll shift him to SS. He went on to say that Carter is so well respected that the position shift wouldn't cause Carter to slide in the draft much, largely because his skills as a tackler and run supporter are so well established.

Last, several weeks prior Mayoch was talking about the first night of meetings held at the Senior Bowl and he noted how quickly Carter had established himself as the unquestioned leader of Marvin Lewis's defense. Lewis was said to be very impressed.

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Carter is exactly who I was pimping in my mock for the 2nd round.

Can handle both positions, is smart, and an establised leader that would improve a huge hole on our defense.

I don't view him as being taken to high in the 2nd though, as I am of the belief that Best Player Available might not exactly work out for what ails us.

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How about Quincy Carter?

Why, I think he would make a perfect replacement for Palmer...would fit right in. :lol:

I must admit your reply made absolutely no sense to me until I realized to my horror that I had spelled Carter's first name incorrectly. Shamed and embarrassed I briefly wondered to myself how could I go on now knowing how badly I had let the internet down.

(Quentin could be a nice addition but top of the 2nd might be too high and he might not be there at the top of the third...)

Happily for me I quickly realized you too had spelled Quinton Carter's first name wrong.

:cheers:

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