I admit Im a bit nervous about not having more then 1 starter corner ... we have bush but we all know hes not a great corner. I like tramon thought he was pretty good - we always stuck him or shields on their main guy.
Tramon has come along since al harris and woodson played the mains ... too bad hes gone.
Originally Posted by: Dulak
I'm worried about losing Tramon and House because with their good and bad things they were CBs that could play. And they were completely different.
There are many positions where with some luck you can plug in a draftee and have a great success. But CB is not one of them. There's a huge difference between college and the NFL. It's also a very difficult position to draft as the variance is too high, your scouting evaluations might fail by a huge margin when evaluating a CB.
I know I'm extra concerned because I really really don't like Hayward. I know I'm a minority about this and I hope to be wrong.
I don't like Hayward because I think he is overrated by the interceptions he got as a rookie, I believe those were lucky picks, bad throws and deflections. I haven't seen Hayward cut a route or lure a QB to throw an interception.
I also see Hayward can't run along the fast WRs so I can't see him playing on the sides, he is not big enough to defend the back shoulder throws or a jump.
And finally I think Hayward is a poor tackler and I'm convinced he is afraid of contact. I hope to be wrong about the second thing and that the first thing will be improved with proper training.
I did like House because every time we put him against a good WR he run next to him like a stamp and defended many passes. He was in my humble view a very natural CB and he was only getting better.
So I'll be worried for a while.