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...for an incentive-laden, right price deal. Vet min with significant roster and/or playing time incentives.
Even if we keep Nate, our top two cornerbacks also play a lot of special teams. We need more depth than normal. And it gives us more leverage to deal Nate, if that's what it comes to.
If Plummer can stay healthy and get on the field, he's a big corner that will nicely complement the smallish CB depth we have now.
Viewed as one of the NFL's top young cornerbacks only three years ago, Ahmed Plummer suddenly is a man without a team, after the San Francisco 49ers released the six-year veteran on Thursday afternoon.
The move came after two injury-plagued seasons in which Plummer appeared in just nine games, and after San Francisco coaches grew increasingly frustrated at his inability to stay healthy. Plummer, 29, figures to merit considerable interest in free agency if he is healthy, but that is a considerable caveat given the last two seasons.
Even if we keep Nate, our top two cornerbacks also play a lot of special teams. We need more depth than normal. And it gives us more leverage to deal Nate, if that's what it comes to.
If Plummer can stay healthy and get on the field, he's a big corner that will nicely complement the smallish CB depth we have now.
Viewed as one of the NFL's top young cornerbacks only three years ago, Ahmed Plummer suddenly is a man without a team, after the San Francisco 49ers released the six-year veteran on Thursday afternoon.
The move came after two injury-plagued seasons in which Plummer appeared in just nine games, and after San Francisco coaches grew increasingly frustrated at his inability to stay healthy. Plummer, 29, figures to merit considerable interest in free agency if he is healthy, but that is a considerable caveat given the last two seasons.
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