How do I figure? I'm guessing off memory lol

I think they have to have 6 years in before they can be eligible for the uncapped year. And if he's a restricted FA then that means he'd most likely be a Packer.

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Thanks Rock. Yes, we are one of the top 3 when it comes to DBs. I love our DBs.

As for adding that one if, you are indeed correct. However, as the Giants showed in '07, the way to compensate for an average DB corps is to not allow the opposing QB have the time to exploit it.

Let's just say Harris or Woody decline a step. They're still better than average. Generate some pressure on the opposing QB and he simply won't have time to burn them.

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Good point. If it is true that an effective pass defense needs pressure on the QB, and our defense failed in that department, an argument can be made that our DB's played incredibly well last year.

ya you guys make me more excited then I already am about our upcoming D <<< no not in a wierd way ;)

ya IMO we had 10/10 secondary and 3/10 up front D ... this year if we go up to 5 or 6/10 with the upfront D that is a whole new ball game.

We stop the run, we rush the QB, and we get more picks because their QB throws more wildly. Can you imagine have more picks then we did last year?

Agreed.

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The difference with Crabtree and Boldin is that you only use one pick to get Crabtree.

Arizona is going to want quite a bit to get Boldin. It'll cost picks and players. I would not give up a first, Harris, or Driver. I wouldn't give up Harris and Driver. I wouldn't give up multiple picks to get Boldin. I'm not buying that second round BS that the Cardinals put out there.

I think Crabtree is the real deal. I think he'll be one of the best receivers in football for along time. To get him, Green Bay would've just had to pay one pick and that was No. 9 overall.

I get the concept of the thread, but I don't' think the similarities are there at all.

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Crabtree will suck.

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can san frans qb even throw? who is there qb? shaun hill?

I think that because he landed in the cesspool of San Francisco, in five years the Crabtree pick won't look as sexy as it does now. It's not like the Calvin Johnson pick has elevated the Lions franchise.

But the same thing could have happened in Green Bay. Had he come here, our offense would have burned up the turf, but had our defense continued to flag, we would have continued to lose a lot of games, and the Crabtree pick would have been ridiculed here too.

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Calvin Johnson > Michael Crabtree

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