Izell Reese VERY smart pickup?

[Hostile]

Originally Posted by Lord Sun

Let's break this down, shall we?

It's been years since we've liked our front seven this much, going so far as to (realistically) debate alignments and starting assignments, because we feel we have a surplus of talent. Free agency and the draft have given us deth previously undreamed of amongst our DL and LB corps.

We've bolstered our secondary as well, adding a young DB (Beriault) and not one, but TWO vet corners (Glenn and Henry), plus welcoming Ralph back from injury. At some point this season, we could be starting two corners neither of whom was active on our roster at the end of last season, and neither would cause us any major concern. In any case, we have a better group of corners than we did last year.

And, of course, we have Roy.

[View Full Quote]Now, our only concern was FS. We had Davis and Scott, basically. We weren't sure about Davis, and we didn't like Scott, but both are special teams machines. BP likes both for that reason, and that reason only.

But we'd already agreed - as much as this borad can ever agree - that FS was not a GLARING need, not with the other improvements we've made. "We can survive with a mediocre FS," we said. And we were not even sure whether Davis could be more than mediocre.

With Reese, we have more than mediocre. Not a great deal more, I'll grant you. But at least we know he's good (NOT great, NOT excellent, but he IS good, or he would NOT have stuck on an NFL roster for seven years). And he, too, is an ST demon. So even if he's not as good as I think (which is JUST good) he'll do no worse than provide competition for Davis at a reasonable price.

So here it is in summary:

2004 safeties: Williams, Dixon, Scott, Reeves, Davis, Cargile
2004 Corners: Newman, Frazier, Jones, Frenchie, Thornton

2005 safeties: Williams, Davis, Scott, Dixon, Reese, Beriault
2005 corners: Newman, Henry, Glenn, Hunter, Frenchie, Frazier, Jones, Thornton

That corner situation looks like a MAJOR upgrade, and at least there's competition and depth in the deep backfield, which there clearly was not in 2004.

Hey, nice to see you back in the land of the living. Been wondering where you took off to. Good post.

[Big Country]

Originally Posted by flashback

I was never really impressed with Izell when he was here, and it's a little surprising that he's stuck in the league this long. But the TheSport is right, this signing is for depth and special teams. If he doesn't outplay the kids, he won't be here come the regular season, but if he can contribute its a smart signing.

And I know this reveals an unhealthy interest in the Redskins, but isn't it funny that their working out and trying to sign just about every veteran DB in the NFL, and we go get Reese right when their superstar FS gets into trouble?

I think the signing of Reese is a terrific move on Dallas part... not only do they leave the Skins with one less alternative in their search for DBs in FA,
but now the Dallas defense is just one better in the talent department... Reese is not going to break the bank or go on a 100 tackle or double digit int. season, but if the talent for this new Dallas defense is anything close to spectacular, then the experience of Reese as even a solid role player will become much more evident when Dallas is sacking the lights (hopefully) out of the opposing offense. The presence of another big DB in the Dallas backfield will make their defense even better.
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