He's a pretty good returner, as well.
But no, I wouldn't want us to trade for him. A ball hawking CB is great, as long as he won't lose his coverage. I'm always a little iffy when the ball gets throw his way. Does he make the spectacular interception, or does he totally miss the ball and give up a big play? He's an average corner who makes up for it by making spectacular plays.
And those spectacular plays have happened less and less often since his amazing 2006 season.
I think that we're far better off by developping some talent at that position, now we have the chance. We have 3 starting caliber corners, of which 1 is still borderline elite and the other is reigning NFL Defensive Player of The Year. This is not the time to make trades and squander away picks on half decent corners.
Where would you want him, anyway? We'd have to get rit of Al Harris or bump Tramon down to the nickel corner spot.
If there's anyone that we should trade for on that Chargers team, it's Shawn Merriman.
He's had a little lapse in production after being out for a year, but I think that he'll be back on top this year. They've also drafted English while having a very respectable OLB on the other side in Shaun Phillips.
It'd solve our problem of not having a legitimate rusher opposite of Matthews and, with his recent production, he might come at a decently low price. Maybe something low enough that we could regain that pick by trading away Kampman to a 4-3 team.
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