He was a playmaker on defense. Decent in coverage - his strength was probably ball hawking in a zone type D. I am not sure how his man coverage skills are, but he has the size and agility to pull it off.

The other thing to remember about these young CB's we have is they are learning under not only the coaches but a) one of the savviest, smartest CB's in the game and b) one of the most fundamentally strong CB's in the game. I love the fact that we loaded up on 3-4 of them and now we get to watch them develop.

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I am a huge defender of TT. It's time to bust a move. Lito is not a happy camper in Philly. Personally, I think he fits our scheme of "manning-up" better than anyone, INCLUDING Asante. What is he, 27 years old? Philly doesn't want to have to deal with Drew R... I'm pretty sure we don't either, but the pluses of getting him beat the snot out of alternatives, imo. I would suspect Lito, Al and Charles would get along great, too. As I have said before, I'm really nervous about developmental CB's in our scheme. We need a cagey veteran like Lito. The Favre pick in exchange would be a no-brainer. A 2nd rounder would be a no-brainer. A first-rounder... I'll have to get back to you on that, after this week, for example, but do not be surprised if a whole lotta people are thinking a first-rounder is a no-brainer after we get smoked deep/penalized, etc. in Tampa. Price tag would escalate rapidly if that unfortunate and not totally unlikely scenario comes to fruition. If history is any guide, just a reminder, we got Al from Philly- he was thought to be a bit over-rated, was a nickel back for them... how'd THAT go? See my point?

How old was he when he retired and why exactly did he retire again? I don't remember.

He was 39 when he retired for the last time if I'm correct. That was in 2006 after coming out of retirement in 2004 to play for the Ravens.