Just read thru this thread, my take - do we have a good secondary ? Not yet. But we do seem to have picked up some depth this season. Byron Jones will be a good FS, will it be this year ? Yes and No. Just his athletic ability will help, I expect him to make mistakes but show the potential to be really good. Church and Wilcox at SS, where Wilcox always should have been. Church is a team leader - no matter what anyone here thinks, he is trusted by Garrett and co. BUT, I think this is a position that will be upgraded in the next draft or two. Scandrick - good player, will get back to himself the longer the season goes. Claiborne and Carr - meh, they are what they are, for 1 more year. Hope Claiborne comes on this year and earns himself a new contract with us. If he does, it means he has finally played all season and reasonably well. Carr - this is his last year. We have some promise in some of the backups, will wait till the year plays out to see who comes out of this group..
If the DE's cannot get to the QB, our secondary will again be in trouble - but not as bad as last year - I don't think.
What I do expect is the next draft will see us take a corner either first or second round, depending on how our front holds up this year (another second round DE would give me stomach pain for life). But I could live with a 1st round corner, 2nd round DE - if they are not doing the injury thing and character thing. Or vice versa.
So, promise for a better secondary, not quite there yet.
