Don't forget Trey Walker with Arrington

[TBird]

Within 3 short months Ozzie has shored up a dire secondary weakness with depth

just adding Arrington, see Arrington thread, and drafting Trey Walker.

 

Walker was projected in the 5th round but Ravens seriously considered

him in the 3rd round and knew he wouldn't be there for them if they waited longer than the

4th so they used a 4th round comp pick on him. He visited a bunch of teams.

 

Walker could be starting one day but for now he is needed backup if injuries

set in again and we still have Melvin who is raw but can grow

and Will Hill. See link for stats. BTW, Melvin was kicking Brady's ass so bad

leading by 2 TDs - twice and with NE using illegal footballs and bending the

rules on obscure plays so much the NFL changed the rules as soon as

the season was over. It took all that cheating on a guy who wasn't even

playing football 4 weeks before. Ravens won with him playing in Pissburgh.

 

Also, Elam has lost weigth and has no body fat at all and is ready to improve

his game. He knows time is running out.

http://www.footballinsiders.com/texas-southern-cb-tray-walker-has-four-visits-with-nfl-teams/

[thundercleetz]

http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/158585/recapping-rashaan-melvins-rough-game

 

Melvin had a really rough game against the Pats. Granted it's hard to be tough on a guy who was an undrafted practice squad player, but make no doubt Brady exploited Melvin as the weak link in our secondary.

 

As far as signing Arrington and how that affects Tray Walker: I think they will play two different roles for us. Arrington is going to play the majority of snaps for us as a nickelback. His strengths are covering the slot guy, or blitzing from the edge. Walker's going to make or break his NFL career on how efficient he is pressing receivers. If he has a strong camp, he will get time right away on the outside on the other side of Smith. Webb or Arrington don't have the ability to press receivers like Walker has, so if Walker can play, Webb and Arrington will play inside, with Walker and Smith on the outside giving us plenty of different blitzing options.

 

On paper it's a good group with a diverse skill set.

[TBird]

Great post and points. Yea, on paper. They had no secondary

probs this time last year on paper-lol. By week 5 Jimmy and

Webbie were gone and so was the SB. Billick always said it takes

a lot of luck just to get into the SB.

 

Melvin was picked on for sure by the best QB but my point was he was

doing fine, leading by 2 Tds - twice with doctored up balls, trick

plays and obscure formations with the bending of the rules to

beat him.

 

Brady's QB rating was 113 vs Elam alone not to mention his missed

tackles and they just won by a couple of points. Like Webbie said,

we were doing something right for them to use all that trickery

and cheating to beat us.

[oldno82]

If the secondary we have right now remained mostly healthy for the whole season I'd be happy. It would still be nice to add another FA or cut CB even if they're just average.

[TBird]

Maybe after the 1 June cuts for cap savings. Might

get one there.

[oldno82]

That's what I think too.

[TBird]

This thread was started before the OTAs where Walker has been abused repeatidly

by Perriman for long bombs and on shorter routes. He just runs by him and the entire

defense at times but always by Walker.

 

In all fairness Perriman is one of the fastest men in the country and Walker will not

be a starter but I'm wondering now if he isn't another
Chykie Brown.

 

 

Gotta give him time but I'm not so sure about him.

[oldno82]

That's where having one more veteran CB would come in helpful.

[thundercleetz]

http://russellstreetreport.com/2015/06/18/tale-of-the-tape/dont-count-out-rashaan-melvin/

 

Good read on Melvin.

[TBird]

I love this signing last year. He wasn't even playing football when Ozzie signed him.

We won with him in Pissburgh and he's looking like a Corey Graham then Brady raped

him in NE but it took the best QB with a trick play, the bending of the rules on some strange

formations and some deflated footballs to beat him.

 

Theres a lot of upside to this guy.