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Originally Posted by ukcolt
The DB's are what scare me, especially at CB. Outside of Kenny Moore, there is literally no experience at all of any note….
I don't think that this roster is devoid of talent by any stretch of the imagination…
Biggest areas of concern for the 23 season for me are, the protection of our QB, is Raimann going to make the sophomore leap, and will the rest of the line come to play at the levels their talents have previously shown them to be capable of? Depth is of huge concern. How rough are the bumps in the road going to be for the rookie QB? I am reasonably content we will be ok in the passing game and in stopping the run, Richardson should help our own running game to at least appear to get a lot of yards, even if not through the RB's necessarily. It is the back end coverage i am most worried about and i can see us giving up a ton of passing yardage with long TD's due to broken coverages, because the guys just aren't experienced enough, and maybe in some instances, are not talented enough to match up with the starting WR's of the NFL.
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I agree the team isn’t devoid of talent, it just has no proven talent in the most important positions. You can give Ballard a pass at QB, but IMO you shouldn’t at the other positions. Paye and Dayo have room to grow, but so did Lewis and Turay. I’m hopeful, but realistic. Every team thinks their young guys are going to flourish and Ballard has done a good job of feeding the fans young guys to be hopeful about. He’s done it at the expense of fielding better teams. Your two primary concerns are great examples - OL depth and CB. OL depth has been talked to death and several people will say it’s an impossible task to have anything better than they do. However the same can’t be said for CB. There were constantly articles showing the vets that were available. Yes, guys that are JAGs. But vets who know the league. Ballard would rather throw a bunch or rookies, UDFAs, and 2nd year nobodies at the issue and see what sticks. And if one of those guys becomes a rotational player Ballard will be talked about as a genius. In the meantime the lack of experience is going to cost the team games and everyone knows it. If it is because you are in rebuilding mode then fine. I don’t like it but OK. The problem is that means we’ve been in rebuilding mode for 6 damn years, because this is always what Ballard has done. So why ever trade for a 73 yr old QB during a rebuilding year? And why the hell is the team not better set at any of the key positions after so many years of “building” and not winning?