Yeah you are right. If Dennard was on this team and Slay wasn't, the opposite things would be said.
I don't trust rookie CBs. You are wrong. We'd have Slay and Dennard both on the team anyway. Dennard wouldn't even start.
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Get StartedYeah you are right. If Dennard was on this team and Slay wasn't, the opposite things would be said.
Dennard would be torched and the Big Ten is overrated. Dennard can't hold Slay's jock.
Experience matters big time. Sorry Dennard, rookie CB no thanks.
every GM in the league passed on Slay in the first round of the 2013 draft...Dennard got selected in the first. I know that the draft is a crap shoot but it tells me that coming out of college real NFL people thought more of Dennard.
I'm not convinced of that.Slay had a knee issue. Slay is better than Dennard.
speculationSlay would be drafted where Kyle Fuller went or maybe Lions pick him at 10 this draft. Then you would love him because they got the position you wanted at the time you wanted.
Slay had a knee issue. Slay is better than Dennard.
speculation
Opinion wise I'm with LKP on Slay. But the rest including being better than xyz...I agree just more LKP BS.
I'll weight in on Slay, yes his measurables got him noticed, but I think it got people taking a second (or even a first look since yes the scouts were trained on Banks) at his film and saw some potentially special qualities to develop. The film where he does extremely well shadowing Corderelle Patterson comes to mind.
He's got the right coach and scheme now but needs the confidence which separates all good from great CBs. With all the talent in the world developing confidence (which includes ball location and field awareness) is near impossible to predict (which is why developing cbs is a crapshoot). Add to that the fact it is something, unlike speed or power, that you can loose fast and its tough to project how a guy like Slay will turn out.
(Total aside -- the reason why myself and a lot of you like a guy like Dennard is that he has what I just described in spades - there is even an article on cbs being the new 'diva' position recently on espn).
Long story short hate where its due but be optimistic on Slay at least IMO.
Slay had a knee issue. Slay is better than Dennard.
He actually looked like he almost did not belong in the league the majority of the time.
Thought Roy Williams was going to be good, he was a beast at Texas. Thought Kevin Jones was going to be good, absolute beast his last season, consistently good at VA Tech. We have 0 idea that he's going to be a productive member of this offense. None. He could set foot on the field and forget how to play. He could be amazing. Don't assume he's going to produce.
Its called value moron. We drafted ebron to play wr. GB drafted Adam's to play wr 1.5 rounds later. If im a betting man rodgers makes adams produce more than stafford/ebron. The fact you dont understand value and production is why you are dumb and keep arguing that a 11 win team in 2 years is good and why a qb that has lost twice as many games as hes won is good.
Slay looked pretty lost out there. I was not impressed at all. He actually looked like he almost did not belong in the league the majority of the time. But to be fair, he was in over his head scheme wise. This year it will be tailored to the capability and strengths on the roster. Additionally, you can see the skill and potential but that needs to translate in the game. I hope he brings it but not real confident he will.
But who fn cares but you?? Who cares?! Value?? Take your value and give it a toss.....nobody cares but you lol. Go become a Packers fan, you idiot.
lol gratz tony on the dumbest post ever. Not only do YOU obviously not care about value....mayhew obviously doesn't either. So the 2 of you have something in common...clueless morons..
EVERYONE that grades drafts talks about value. The fact you don't think its important makes pretty much every single one of your posts from here on out worthless. If you pick a WR in the top 10 and he doesn't produce...it wasn't good value. Just like when you pick a 5th string WR in rd 2 and he never produces...that's not good value. Or when you trade up for a 4th string rb in rd 2 and he never produces...that's not good value. But you love all those picks cause fuck value...who the fuck needs value? Surely, a 7 win team couldn't use value...thatd be ridiculous.
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