<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>I recently wrote a piece for ESPN The Magazine about five teams that somehow made it through free agency and the draft with serious holes. Here are four other teams that have major personnel questions going into the 2007 season:<u>Detroit Lions</u>The big loss for the Lions this offseason was Dre' Bly going to the Broncos. The Lions added Travis Fisher as a possible replacement, but his 11.3 YPA was the third worst in the league last season. The figure wasn't a one-year anomaly, either, as he had the worst YPA in the league in 2005.If Fisher doesn't work out, second-year pro Stanley Wilson could be a possible option. Wilson posted an impressive 4.8 YPA last season, but it must be pointed out he only had 40 passes thrown to him. He certainly won't be expected to play at that level in 2007, but if he could keep his YPA within two to three yards of his 2006 performance, he would be a solid replacement for Bly. Rookie cornerbacks A.J. Davis and Ramzee Robinson will also be competing for a starting job.<u>Houston Texans</u>The Texans have issues at two positions in the secondary. DeMarcus Faggins' 10.0 YPA in 2006 strongly suggests he may not be capable of holding down a starting job, and Dexter McCleon's history indicates he is a big question mark at nickel back.The Texans signed Jamar Fletcher in free agency, but his 11.4 YPA indicates he might not be much of an improvement. Fred Bennett, a fourth-round draft pick out of South Carolina, may help the secondary, but he has some durability questions. None of the veteran backups on the Houston roster -- Roc Alexander, Von Hutchins, Chris McKenzie and Dexter Wynn -- is worthy of a starting job.<u>New York Giants</u>The glaring hole for the Giants is at left tackle, as Luke Petitgout was released. The front office seems to think he could be replaced by moving David Diehl from guard to tackle, but Diehl allowed six sacks last year while playing most of the season at guard. He also had trouble when he had to pass block in space.If Diehl doesn't work out, the other option for the Giants would be to start Guy Whimper, a fourth-round draft pick in 2006 who played very sparingly last year. The Giants seem high on his abilities, so expect Whimper to get a long look through training camp. The team hasn't left itself many options if Diehl or Whimper doesn't work out, as the only other tackle on the roster is sixth-round pick Adam Koets.<u>Seattle Seahawks</u>Marcus Trufant and Kelly Herndon both posted mediocre 9.0 YPA totals in 2006, so cornerback was a position of need for Seattle this offseason. The team partially addressed the issue by taking Josh Wilson in the first round, but that was the only significant upgrade the Seahawks made this offseason.If Trufant or Herndon struggles next year, and Wilson doesn't pan out as an effective replacement, Seattle's backup plan would be to turn to one of its collection of journeyman cornerbacks -- Rich Gardner, Pete Hunter or Jimmy Williams.None of these players is reliable in coverage, so Seattle looks to have a personnel issue. Jim Mora made a name for himself in San Francisco by developing effective secondaries without elite talent. He may have to do just that in Seattle this year.</div>
Cant really disagree with any of that, although I could have come up with much bigger holes then Seattle's Cornerbacks. Green Bay's Runningbacks comes to mind, as does Tennessee's recievers and Kansas City's Offensive Line.
I dont know how these guys get paid a shitload just to write, and STILL always make mistakes. Josh Wilson wasnt a damn 1st rounder, and did he somehow forget about their 1st rounder last year? Kelly fuckin Jennings, who pwned at Miami.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (AdropOFvenom @ May 15 2007, 08:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Cant really disagree with any of that, although I could have come up with much bigger holes then Seattle's Cornerbacks. Green Bay's Runningbacks comes to mind, as does Tennessee's recievers and Kansas City's Offensive Line.</div>Don't forget KC's WR's too. They take a 1st round WR who seems out of shape, not much help there. SD may also be in a hole with WR depending how their pick turns out. Davis may be bad, he could be good, but we don't know yet. I just love how he picked 4 random teams it seems like and said they have the most glaring holes. I can name quite a few more with glaring holes as well. Where's Miami? Atlanta? Minnesota is still questionable, what bout Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Jacksonville at QB could be a huge gap, Cleveland could be as well. Point being, most teams have glaring holes, but somehow he finds a way to narrow it out to only 4 teams saying that no other team has these huge gaps.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JHair @ May 15 2007, 11:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Whoever wrote that is obsessed with referring to the YPA statistics.</div>I noticed that too. I didn't find anything wrong with it, but a CB isn't all about YPA.
