Tory James isn't what he used to be, but he's at least a decent and durable corner, who's probably going to be a solid backup for NE. Hawkins is washed up as a CB, but he's a good backup Safety, who can start if needed. I agree with you on Meriweather and Hobbs.
Hawkins can start, but I'm not sure he has the legs to do it well over an extended spell. In addition to PS23's list:
Gay: Needs to reestablish himself, but did okay as a rookie.
Scott: Excellent situational player who, like Hawkins, can start for short periods.
Andrews: Gunner extraordinary who was my pick for emergency rookie to start and play well (but thankfully wasn't needed last season). I'm looking forward to seeing where he goes from here, I'm thinking he steps it up another notch or two.
Spann: Quite a good Gunner (I **
Heart** his game after Tennessee & San Diego, way to throw your body around), he was a decent pick-off artist in NFLE last year before making the Practice Squad and then the roster, I'm looking to see his game take a step forward too.
Tory James: Pick-off artist with starting experience, I believe the big knock is gambling/free lancing, it will be interesting to see if there is an improvement in his field discipline under BB.
Mel Mitchell, Eddie Jackson, Rashad Baker: Beyond Special Teams I don't know what role they will be fighting to fill, we'll see.
Gemara Williams: Ballhawk, one of the NCAA leaders in 2005 at passes defensed, he obviously is good at finding the ball in the air, can he take it to another level like Asante did?
Mike Richardson, Waju Anam: Starters from major programs who have some unique athletic tools.
As far as the Wilson bashing, horse hockey, he's an excellent Free Safety. I'm not going to knock a third year player who was trying to carry a secondary in flux for 2005, just because Rodney could do it in 2004 doesn't mean the relative youngster was going to pull the same rabbit out of the hat in an even more challenging environment. Folks angry about plays in the Meadowlands last year need to remember he was playing Strong Safety that day and had veteran help missing play-makers Coles and Cotchery that day - I've seen Rodney miss on plays like that too, he just didn't have a guy with a bum knee playing backstop behind him.
I don't know Eric Allen from beans, but since he used some statistics (10 passing TDs in 2006) to judge the relative worth of the various secondaries, I'm not going to consider him too far off the Reservation. The Pats won the secondary comparison to Indy and SD in that link I put up early this morning, so that's at least two sources who see strengths in the NE secondary. Let's hope for an injury free 2007 so they can dominate.
