BobDigital
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So as people know I am on the keep our D intact badnwagon. However If a cuts needs to be made to keep Revis then McCourty is the low hanging fruit due to his contract situation. Let's be 100% honest here. McCourty has had a good year but not a great year. He has been late several time and taken bad angels when he should have known better.
He was late on the Nelson TD then and late on the Wallace TD. On one he was too far over and not playing center field like he should. On the other it was bad situational awareness. You need to know Butler is on Wallace and should cheat to that accordingly. Now he has made good plays too and has made good coverage of TEs at CB (like he did in SD).
He is top 10 at FS but not top 5 and never will be i think. If he gets offered a big contract I don't think you pony up the cash to keep him. Letting McCourty walk and drafting a player to replace him would save about 7M for the next 4 years and allow you the flexibility to sign everyone else as well as pick up a FA somewhere.
The question is what do you do if he is gone? I don't believe Ryan should be there. Harmon has shown some good things but is he a starting FS? I don't think so right now.
Either you sign someone or you draft someone. If you draft someone Holliman probably gets the longest look. While a different style than McCourty (more aggressive and ball hawkish and less reliable as a center fielder) he looks to be the best FS in this draft and the best option to replace him if we decide to.
Thoughts?
He was late on the Nelson TD then and late on the Wallace TD. On one he was too far over and not playing center field like he should. On the other it was bad situational awareness. You need to know Butler is on Wallace and should cheat to that accordingly. Now he has made good plays too and has made good coverage of TEs at CB (like he did in SD).
He is top 10 at FS but not top 5 and never will be i think. If he gets offered a big contract I don't think you pony up the cash to keep him. Letting McCourty walk and drafting a player to replace him would save about 7M for the next 4 years and allow you the flexibility to sign everyone else as well as pick up a FA somewhere.
The question is what do you do if he is gone? I don't believe Ryan should be there. Harmon has shown some good things but is he a starting FS? I don't think so right now.
Either you sign someone or you draft someone. If you draft someone Holliman probably gets the longest look. While a different style than McCourty (more aggressive and ball hawkish and less reliable as a center fielder) he looks to be the best FS in this draft and the best option to replace him if we decide to.
Thoughts?