Looks to me that the biggest asset most of these CB reaches have is that they don't play for the Pats.
Is this the silly season? Why are there so many pleas for players who aren't good enough to play for the bad teams they are already on. What makes them suddenly better than what we already have. Keenan Lewis sounds nice but makes zero sense for the Saints to trade him, ZERO.
Then there are the fools who are on their 4th consecutive year trying to get rid of league's most dependable and productive DE/LB. It's like EVERY alternative is a better one than the guy who has been one of the best at his position since he's become a starter.
I'd love to find a quality CB in a trade. So would about 30 other teams. Part of the problem is that there aren't 30 starting quality CB's in the league to begin with, let alone ones that are available AND cap friendly.
Our best bet is to go out and keep firing bullets at developmental guys and hope we hit on one like we did with Butler. My suggestion would be to try and scam Nick Marshall from the Jags. He has the size to be useful in certain situations even as he is learning (6'2), and the athletic potential to become a starting CB.
The fact is that it is very rare that even a top 10 pick can come into the league and be an accomplished CB. It's taken guys like Gilmore (Bills) and Smith (Ratbirds) years to get to be considered good, The kid the Jets took, STILL is sitting on the bench. The really good CB's are developed they don't just pop into the league ready made.