Originally posted by dman444
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Getting rid of a quality corner and then wasting a first round pick on a corner is not the answer and won't ever be the answer.
Corner isn't the most important position on defense, and corner isn't the reason that we finished 29th in the league on defense this year.
Bailey doesn't deserve to/won't be traded
Bly doesn't derserve to/won't be cut
And we will build the front 7.
People are so spoiled to the fact that we have 2 quality corners. You remember back earlier in this decade when we had corners like Deltha O'Neal, Kelly Herndon, Lenny Walls, ROC ALEXANDER?
Sure, we ranked in the top 5 in defense a couple of those years, but that's because our players wrapped up and made the sure tackle, and the scheme simply didn't suck.
And more importantly... Lenny, Kelly, and Deltha surely weren't the reason our defense was feared back then. It was those 3 men in the heart of the group. The 3 men in the middle of the pack. It was 3 men by the names of Ian Gold, Al Wilson, and John Mobley. And then it was DJ Williams, Al Wilson, and Donnie Spraghan. Then it was DJ Williams, Al Wilson, and Ian Gold again.
But trickling down even more, it was ONE man. By the name of AL WILSON. That made our defense great. You remember in '03 when Gold and Mobley got hurt, and Sykes and Spraghan had to fill in and yet our LBs still got to the ball no matter where it was on the field? Al Wilson made everyone else around him better. That's why Ian Gold wasn't anything special after Al got cut(Although, Ian was better than people were giving him credit for), and that's why DJ was A LOT better in his rookie year/sophomore year than he has been since.
As soon as Al left, our defense went to crap. That ILB presence is the BIGGEST loss the Broncos have had to their team since John Elway(I'm being 100% honest in saying that. I truly and firmly believe that). And that brings me to the fact that we need a stud ILB. That brings me to the fact that our first round pick should not be used on anyone else other than Rey Maualuga.
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