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1. DraftBoy did an analysis on our running game, and he pointed out that the D gave up a lot more runs to the outside than to the inside. That suggests that the CB's aren't doing their job as far as reading plays and/or making open field tackles when the RB gets to the outside. Why would we shell out huge money for a CB who can't play the run?
2. Similar to the first point, our D can't stop the run. Hence, teams are rarely forced to pass against us. Our low-scoring offense also doesn't help in this regard. Why pay so much money for a player when the rest of the team is incapable of putting him in a position to make a play?
3. People seem to think that Nate is a "shut down corner". I disagree, but for the purpose of this post, I will concede the point. The Tampa-2/Cover-2 (whatever you want to call it) does not rely on one-on-one coverage by CB's very often, so shut down corners are not really necessary. Certainly it helps to have them, but not at the most expensive position in the NFL. Jeff Posey, Sam Adams, Troy Vincent and Lawyer Milloy were let go because they "don't fit this defense". Well, why would we overpay for a guy who doesn't fit the defense?
The only real reason I can see for keeping Clements is this: there aren't a lot of big name FA's out there, and it's unlikely we'll be able to get any of them anyway. If we have the cap space, we might as well keep him. The unfortunate reality is that he said he wants to test the FA market so a lot of teams will be calling him up as soon as FA starts. If the Bills want a shot, they're gonna have to do it early and basically destroy whatever little chance they have at attracting FA's in other positions of need.
2. Similar to the first point, our D can't stop the run. Hence, teams are rarely forced to pass against us. Our low-scoring offense also doesn't help in this regard. Why pay so much money for a player when the rest of the team is incapable of putting him in a position to make a play?
3. People seem to think that Nate is a "shut down corner". I disagree, but for the purpose of this post, I will concede the point. The Tampa-2/Cover-2 (whatever you want to call it) does not rely on one-on-one coverage by CB's very often, so shut down corners are not really necessary. Certainly it helps to have them, but not at the most expensive position in the NFL. Jeff Posey, Sam Adams, Troy Vincent and Lawyer Milloy were let go because they "don't fit this defense". Well, why would we overpay for a guy who doesn't fit the defense?
The only real reason I can see for keeping Clements is this: there aren't a lot of big name FA's out there, and it's unlikely we'll be able to get any of them anyway. If we have the cap space, we might as well keep him. The unfortunate reality is that he said he wants to test the FA market so a lot of teams will be calling him up as soon as FA starts. If the Bills want a shot, they're gonna have to do it early and basically destroy whatever little chance they have at attracting FA's in other positions of need.
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