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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.This is Al Davis we're talking about though, so a 2024 7th rounder should do the trick.....
If this proves to be more than just a rumor, and they manage to pick him up, pay him, and then play more aggressively rushing the passer. This defense would be epic.
Ok OK, maybe Asante wasnt a shutdown corner but he was our biggest play maker, but still I think our secondary is playing very well and I dont think its worth what it most likely will cost to get him. I saw him in person yesterday get his ankles broken by a rookie. :singing: Plus I dont think he will impact much of anything if we give Orton the time he had yesterday.
We had a shut down corner and didnt wanna pay him. Why go out and give up multiple picks for another one (granted a better one) when I actually like the way the secondary has been playing...when we man up.
Just this alone would make the defense great.
Asante definitely made a lot of plays. But I never thought he was worth the big money. For one thing, the majority of his INTs were against crappy QBs. He often got them in bunches. Rarely did he make a big play against a big opponent, unless you count division opponents vs. some pretty bad QBs. His INT history shows this:
2006: 10 INTs. 3 vs. Chicago (Rex Grossman), 2 vs. Tennessee (Vince Young), 2 vs. Miami (against the great Joey Harrington), 1 each vs. Detroit, Houston, Buffalo.
2007: 6 INTs. 2 vs. Philly (against A.J. Feeley), 1 each vs. Buffalo, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Washington.
With Philly, he hasn't had as many INTs, though at least he picked Big Ben, Tony Romo, and then-rookie Matt Ryan.
2008: 4 INTs. 1 each from Dallas, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, and Cleveland.
2009: 3 INTs. 1 vs. Carolina (Jake Delhomme is serving them up), 2 vs. Tampa.
There's nothing wrong with making picks against crappy QBs. And it's obviously much more difficult to pick a good QB. I'm just saying his rep as a big-time playmaker doesn't hold up. More often, he padded his stats against inferior competition and didn't do much when the big lights were on.
(about aggressive pass rush)
That is why I added it in there.
But, would it be EPIC?
If you can't rush the QB it doesn't matter who you have back there as your CB's.
But it helps if the QB only has one half of the field to throw at, which is in effect what Nnamdi forces.If you can't rush the QB it doesn't matter who you have back there as your CB's.