possible replacements if clements leaves

[more cowbell]

Brian Kelly - Tampa Bay (TB signed Phillip Buchannon and is most likely to cut him due to his large cap figure...has played in the cover 2 for many years)

Nick Harper - Indianapolis (Another player with cover 2 experience who more than likely wont be resigned...im pretty sure hes a FA can anyone confrim?)

David Macklin - Arizona (most likely wont be too expensive, smart veteran who played in the cover 2 in indianapolis)

Charles Tillman - Chicago (once again im pretty sure hes a FA, he was drafted by jauron and has played in the cover 2, a very expereiced young corner)


hey dont rip on me just throwin some names out there

[Mahdi]

Re: possible replacements if clements leaves

I dont think Tillman is FA. But Harper wouldnt be a bad addition.

[OpIv37]

Re: possible replacements if clements leaves

I think Ricky Manning is the FA CB from Chicago- I'd like to have him.

Asante Samuel is out there but he doesn't have Cover 2 experience and probably won't be much cheaper than Clements.

None of those guys are spectacular but they're all better replacements for Clements than anyone currently on our roster. I'd like to see Youboty take his lumps at nickel before we have to put him in a starting role. He's completely unproven at this point.

[Mahdi]

Re: possible replacements if clements leaves

I think Ricky Manning is the FA CB from Chicago- I'd like to have him.

Asante Samuel is out there but he doesn't have Cover 2 experience and probably won't be much cheaper than Clements.

None of those guys are spectacular but they're all better replacements for Clements than anyone currently on our roster. I'd like to see Youboty take his lumps at nickel before we have to put him in a starting role. He's completely unproven at this point.

So is Ricky Manning an FA? im seeing that he is on one site,,,, but not on others...

[ParanoidAndroid]

Re: possible replacements if clements leaves

It appears that he was just signed away from Chicago. I'm not sure of the length of the contract, but I can't imagine it was for only one year given his talent and youth.
I was fooled by the same site that listed him.
Apparently, he's not a very nice person either.
On April 23, 2006 Ricky Manning, Jr. attacked a man, Soroush Sabzi [1], in a Denny's restaurant after teasing him for working on a laptop computer.[2] He was charged with assault with a deadly weapon after allegedly fighting a man and eventually pled no contest to felony assault. Manning faced up to four years in prison because of a previous assault charge in 2002, for which he received probation.
According to the police report, Manning and former UCLA teammates, Tyler Ebell and Maurice Jones-Drew bullied a student sitting at another table. Manning confronted the student with "Are you a f****t?", "You ****ing Jew," and then called him "an ugly ****ing Jew" and a "f****t." The student asked to be left alone and the football players beat him unconscious.

[Carlton Bailey]

Re: possible replacements if clements leaves

It appears that he was just signed away from Chicago. I'm not sure of the length of the contract, but I can't imagine it was for only one year given his talent and youth.
I was fooled by the same site that listed him.
Apparently, he's not a very nice person either.
On April 23, 2006 Ricky Manning, Jr. attacked a man, Soroush Sabzi [1], in a Denny's restaurant after teasing him for working on a laptop computer.[2] He was charged with assault with a deadly weapon after allegedly fighting a man and eventually pled no contest to felony assault. Manning faced up to four years in prison because of a previous assault charge in 2002, for which he received probation.
According to the police report, Manning and former UCLA teammates, Tyler Ebell and Maurice Jones-Drew bullied a student sitting at another table. Manning confronted the student with "Are you a f****t?", "You ****ing Jew," and then called him "an ugly ****ing Jew" and a "f****t." The student asked to be left alone and the football players beat him unconscious.

You beat me to posting this.

No way Marv Levy, a Jewish person, will sign an anti-Semite.

[Saratoga Slim]

Re: possible replacements if clements leaves

I'd like to see Youboty take his lumps at nickel before we have to put him in a starting role. He's completely unproven at this point.

ding ding ding. Youboty may be a great player. But I just can't see naming him as Clements' replacement at this point. He has like 1 game of NFL experience. I've got to think that if he was really showing skills in practice he'd have been dressing for a few more games.

I'm fine with listing him as the nickel back, but very uncomfortable making him an every down cover guy. It'd be different if McGee was leaving and we still had Clements. One very solid corner (Clements) and one unproven one (Youboty) is liveable. But one average CB (McGee) and one unproven one (Youboty) would be scary.

[B-DON]

Re: possible replacements if clements leaves

As long as we dont keep K.Thomas i will be happy which ever way we go. I cant find one reason people on this board think he is even decent. I never even noticed him on the field, ever! Someone please explain why some are high on him

[Mahdi]

Re: possible replacements if clements leaves

As long as we dont keep K.Thomas i will be happy which ever way we go. I cant find one reason people on this board think he is even decent. I never even noticed him on the field, ever! Someone please explain why some are high on him

K. Thomas was actually a very good corner in the slot for us this year and was one of the reasons we had such good pass D. He should be re-signed.

[B-DON]

Re: possible replacements if clements leaves

i honestly dont think our cbs played well at all with the excepyion of clements. thomas never stoodout. i know third corners dont standout every game but i cant think of one play the guy made all year

[Mahdi]

Re: possible replacements if clements leaves

i honestly dont think our cbs played well at all with the excepyion of clements. thomas never stoodout. i know third corners dont standout every game but i cant think of one play the guy made all year

Well thats because he usually had good coverage. So no plays to be made.

[Kerr]

Re: possible replacements if clements leaves

I like Brian Kelly of the bunch. I also think Tory James of the Bengals wouldn't do so bad in the cover 2.

[BILLSROCK1212]

Re: possible replacements if clements leaves

i like all of those guys except Nick Harper

[B-DON]

Re: possible replacements if clements leaves

Well thats because he usually had good coverage. So no plays to be made.

not good enough to get many if any picks. great coverage though.

[texasphinsfan]

Re: possible replacements if clements leaves

I think Ricky Manning is the FA CB from Chicago- I'd like to have him.

Asante Samuel is out there but he doesn't have Cover 2 experience and probably won't be much cheaper than Clements.

None of those guys are spectacular but they're all better replacements for Clements than anyone currently on our roster. I'd like to see Youboty take his lumps at nickel before we have to put him in a starting role. He's completely unproven at this point.

i said this in the other thread, but i'll re-iterate it here.

Samuel will cost more than Clements... he just had a career year and led the league in INTs, plus had those HUGE and visible plays in the playoffs.. IMO he costs more than Clements. so count him out

Manning Jr. is a limited-production guy. he isn't an every-down player... just in nickel situations (or is it dime? correct me if i'm wrong), not to mention he is not as skilled as Clements, worse on run defense, and has a criminal record (tendencies?).

i'd rather have Clements over Manning, and Samuel will cost more..... is my point i'm trying to make here.