Quarterbacks or Cornerbacks...THAT is the question!

…I am referring to “work out” as in the long term. I think we’re seeing that stability is a big advantage if our team has it, and a huge liability if we don’t. I’d love nothing more than to see us pick up some huge name UFAs next year…. Charles Woodson as a 9er anyone? (I don’t know where he’s at in his contract….just his name came to mind)

because we need a stud CB next year no matter what. Unless of course someone on our current roster just BLOWS OUR MINDS and become a Darelle Revis type corner (or close). Besides, we need good up and coming CB’s for the future when Nate is mid 30’s and Tae is early 30’s, injuries, etc. I know Edggy is going to get upset at me for mentioning the “i” word.

But if Alex for some reason came out and played like Bray Quinn…I’d be thinking, “hmmmm…Carr might be able to get us by for another year or two…how ready is Nate Davis? What’s in his head?” Then I’d think a little bit about at least a 2nd round QB.

But I think ultimately we need a 1st round CB in 2011 draft.

I read awhile ago that it is very hard to find a starting quality CB after the 2nd round, at least compared to other positions.

Let’s go the Free Agent route before the season starts and pick up these guys just for the “name theme”:

DeMarcus Faggins – Lions (RFA)
William Gay – Steelers (RFA)
Ashton Youbouty – Bills (RFA)

;-)

http://www.theredzone.org/showposition.aspx?position=CB

and he was playing for peanuts too.

When it comes down to it though I’d rather have the best QB in the league than the best CB in the league. A QB is involved in a far larger portion of the team’s plays than is a CB.

Barring Alex Smith turning into Peyton Manning (Which everyone here seems to think is going to happen…) I believe this could be Alex’s last year in a Niner uniform. dispite what “Samurai” Mike says: One thing that is for certain is he wants winners! True, many reports say that Smith is progressing well on the practice field. But, on the Game Field is where careers are made. Personally, I have made no bones about my disfavor for Alex. (Hey….sue me!) But, I think getting a CB for the Niners is a must. We already have a pretty decent, if not good defense. Getting a young, shut down corner is alot closer an endeaver than getting a “Franchise” QB. There just haven’t been too many of them in the recent past that have made that transition.
As for up coming FA QB’s we might look into, I think Baltimore’s Troy Smith would be a good pick. For one thing, he has NFL experience as he’s been in the league now for 4 yrs. so, it’s highly doubtful he’ll have that "Deer in the headlights appearance that plagues so many young QB’s comin in from the ccollege ranks. Secondly, he knows what it takes to be a winner. as the QB for Ohio State, he played in some rather memerable games. It’s not often that Jim Tressell coaches dog QB’s.
Third, as a former 5th rd draft pick, he won’t demand a huge contract. as of right now, he sits a measly 3rd on the Ravens Depth chart. And that’s simply because they just signed Marc Bulger (God only knows why….go figure) add to that, the Ravens also have John Beck formerly of Miami. Which gives them a rather stacked QB roster. I don’t think they would require too much in order to unlad one of their QB’s and with Joe Flacco playing so well….I really don’t see Troy getting too many looks as the stater.
I think the only thing stopping that would be folks thoughts of Troy’s injury history. Yet, all I remember is that his rookie season was shut down due to an injury that dropped his stack in the draft. But, during that season, Troy had surgery, and hasn’t been on the field to accumulate a ton of game wear either.
Outside of that, all the rest of the upcoming FA QB’s should be slightly less than mid-level and we should invest at worst a 2nd-3rd rd pick on one. I am also of the thought that before we completely write off Nate Davis, we give him a “real” shot at the starting job before we just pack it in. This of course all falls back on Alex Smith’s 2010 performance.

… matter if we get a star Cb , what this team need’s is more consistency at passrush , even though they contilment each other ( pass rush and coverage ) , IMO we need more pressure on the Qb …!!

We shuld work on the pass rush because not a steeler fan at all but i cant remember any db but palomalu on the steelers there championship yrs. But the rush didn’t give a qb a chance. An thats how that works even with a all-madden db squad no pass rush is going to equal yrds an tds

said to get those CB’s “by any means necessary” sooo…….

i’m hoping alex smith doesnt have us all hoodwinked!

The Saints got a pretty good QB 4 years ago. The Saints had the top ranked offense 3 out of 4 years. They didn’t make it to the Superbowl until they improved the defensive secondary. And when I say improved I mean the best secondary the Saints have ever had in over 40 years.

Remember when y’all had Ronnie Lott anchoring the secondary. How many Superbowls did y’all win?