Saturday Thoughts

[Skkorpion]

TE is one ... all we have is Pope .. and with a 2 TE set we need another starter ..

With our new FA signings CB and safety are debatable ... I would like to see a DE so he can challenge to start or be a situational pass rusher .. Berry is injury prone ..

Read my mind and beat me to it.

 

[BigRedArk]

You would do that to me? I'm going to get nailed on this and I was saving it for an article, but here goes (actually, we need starters at 5 positions):

TE, DE, RB are the other three.

1. The only TE on the roster can't block and Whis needs a blocker.
2. Bert Berry is done, in my opinion. You can't count on a player with two consecutive season-ending injuries and is over 30. Antonio Smith is a career journeyman and Okeafor is average. Weakest position on the team, I think.
3. Edge. What can I say? We got ripped off. I wouldn't be surprised to see him benched by game 6, if we don't draft Peterson or some other guy in round 3 to start right away.

Leonard Pope didn't exactly set the world on fire in his rookie season. I'm not sure what the reason for that was but I am hoping it was lack of coaching and a scheme that didn't utilize him enough. Will he become a better blocker? I sure hope so.

RB is a position that can cause one consternation (not to mention LOT). Edge may only have one or two 1000 plus yard seasons in him. I respectfully disagree that we got ripped off because it seemed he did the best he could with what he had to work with. However how much does he have left in the tank?

Arrington is at best a question mark so far. I am still hoping he will put it together and become a solid player with some 1000 yard seasons ready to bust out of him but that is only a hope at this point.

I like Shipp's effort and rags-to-riches story but he simply isn't durable. That is a fair criticism of him. He will get 'cha a couple of back to back 100 yard games but he will miss the next two or at least one.

At the very minimum the Cards have to be looking at hoping to get quality here late in the first day or early in the 2nd day of this draft it would seem. RB is always a problem with the Cards.