Bills Interested in S Marlon McCree

[Michael82]

The Bengals are serious about trying to upgrade the safety position.

Since 3:15 p.m. today, agents for former Buffalo safety Lawyer Milloy and former Carolina safety Marlon McCree confirmed that their clients will be visiting Cincinnati.

Carl Poston, Milloy's agent, said Milloy would arrive tonight (Saturday) in Cincinnati before heading to Atlanta for a second free agent visit. A spokesman in the office of Gary Uberstine, agent for McCree, said McCree is in San Diego visiting the Chargers and that, if McCree doesn't sign quickly in San Diego, he would be headed to Cincinnati. The Giants and Bills also are interested in McCree, the spokesman said.

http://frontier.cincinnati.com/blogs/bengals/

[Michael82]

Re: Bills Interested in S Marlon McCree

Come on Cincy, sign Milloy. And hopefully McCree will get out of San Diego without a deal.

[Tatonka]

Re: Bills Interested in S Marlon McCree

why doesnt mcCree excite me..

what did he really do for carolina? it is not like he is an all pro or anything right? is he really and upgrade over milloy.

[Michael82]

Re: Bills Interested in S Marlon McCree

why doesnt mcCree excite me..

what did he really do for carolina? it is not like he is an all pro or anything right? is he really and upgrade over milloy.

Here's his stats....

27, Marlon McCree, S, Carolina Panthers
Height: 5-11	Weight: 202	Experience: 5 years
Born: 3/17/1977	Birthplace: Orlando, FL	College: Kentucky

Career Defensive Stats
Year	Team	G	Tack	Asst	Sacks	Yds	Int	Yds	TD	PD	FF	FR
2001	Jac	13	33	13	1.0	6.0	1	10	0	3	2	2
2002	Jac	16	56	15	1.0	0.0	6	129	0	11	0	0
2003	Jac	2	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	Hou	13	34	16	0.0	0.0	1	95	1	4	0	0
	TOTAL	15	35	17	0.0	0.0	1	95	1	4	0	0
2004	Hou	16	22	2	0.0	0.0	1	24	0	3	0	0
2005	Car	16	73	14	0.0	0.0	3	73	0	10	0	1
Totals		76	219	61	2.0	6.0	12	331	1	31	2	3

http://snap.stats.com/snap/pfw/nfl/p...ts.asp?id=5681

[Michael82]

Re: Bills Interested in S Marlon McCree

Here's what the ESPN expert says about him and he is rated a 70.

McCree has very quick feet and adequate size. He can run with most backs and tight ends in man-to-man coverage and can play over the top in Cover 2. He reads the eyes and throwing motion of quarterbacks effectively. He gets great breaks and has a nose for the ball. He has good awareness in coverage and rarely makes a mistake. He has a great special-teams mentality. He has good body control and takes good pursuit angles. He is comfortable playing in the box and is an aggressive hitter. He can accelerate off the edge and do some damage on the blitz but sometimes will get bounced outside. He can get too aggressive and sometimes overrun the ball. He winds up in some mismatches with lead blockers and linemen in run support.

http://proxy.espn.go.com/nfl/fa?playerId=2782

[Tatonka]

Re: Bills Interested in S Marlon McCree

not really feeling him..

tell me he has some great upside or something..

[Michael82]

Re: Bills Interested in S Marlon McCree

Interesting, he's a solid Cover 2 guy. I'm intrigued with him.

[gr8slayer]

Re: Bills Interested in S Marlon McCree

Im not all that excited about any of the people we are looking at. Im so ****ing tired of being a crappy team with no balls.

[Michael82]

Re: Bills Interested in S Marlon McCree

why doesnt mcCree excite me..

what did he really do for carolina? it is not like he is an all pro or anything right? is he really and upgrade over milloy.

He's about the same but a little better and younger. He'll be 29 this year. Milloy is turning 33 this year.

I still prefer Adam Archuleta or Tank Williams though.

[DBrown77]

Re: Bills Interested in S Marlon McCree

i watched McCree a lot down here in Charlotte. I would take him for avg $$. He came up with the big play many times this year

[RedEyE]

Re: Bills Interested in S Marlon McCree

I heard he already signed a deal with Buffalo worth $60 mil for just two years.

[Slim]

Re: Bills Interested in S Marlon McCree

I heard he already signed a deal with Buffalo worth $60 mil for just two years.

[don137]

Re: Bills Interested in S Marlon McCree

I like McCree. He is not a stud but I really never heard of him before last year and he really stood out at a few Panthers games I watched. I was very impressed with him.

[DraftBoy]

Re: Bills Interested in S Marlon McCree

McCree I could pass on unless its to replace Vincent, Id rather grab a big DT and just draft Huff, he's got tons of upside!

[LifetimeBillsFan]

Re: Bills Interested in S Marlon McCree

He's about the same but a little better and younger. He'll be 29 this year. Milloy is turning 33 this year.

I still prefer Adam Archuleta or Tank Williams though.

The problem with Archuleta and Williams is that they are more "in-the-box" type safeties, like Milloy, than they are the type of cover safety that you need in the Cover 2 defense. Both have been known to struggle in pass coverage--Archuleta has something like 5 times the number of career sack than interceptions.

The Panthers drafted Thomas Davis, a hard-hitting safety out of UGA, last year to replace McCree. Davis was horrible in coverage and was benched after the Saints' TE caught a half a dozen passes on him in less than a full game. McCree took over and remained their starter for the rest of the season and their defense immediately improved in pass coverage.

McCree is something like the opposite of Archuleta and Williams: not a great tackler or blitzer--he's not a guy you'd look to add to a fantasy football roster--but is solid in pass coverage. He strikes me as the kind of guy that Marv Levy would probably take a good look at as a free agent: not a flashy player, but a solid veteran role-player who will come in and do his job so that the play-makers and stars of the team can get the headlines.

Roy Williams, he's not. But he fits the system, has been around awhile and has played on a tough, winning defense.