Another former Raider.
Not exactly one of the top CBs on the market, but another warm body who is not named Eric Stokes.
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‘Packers suck. That is a dumb move!’
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@13X posted:To me the SB32 loss hurt more. GB was heavily favored as opposed to losing on the road to Seattle as an underdog. That said, the series of follies that lead to the Seattle loss was devastating as well.
There are fights that one can lose because the opponent was more skilled, had more experience, was bigger/faster/more powerful, and those defeats are easier to deal with mentally.
Then there are fights that one can lose because the opponent kicked you in the nuts.
We all know which one that Seattle loss was.
Hobbs is quite athletic. 4.48 in the 40, 97th percentile in the broad jump, 40 inch vertical. Played both slot and outside for the Raiders. PFF grade tai past season was slightly above average.
10-15 million dollar NFL contracts are now like journeyman deals in MLB
The only Hobbs that has been worth a shit
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They upgraded the OL and got a serviceable CB.
You will never go wrong getting better at OL and they likely have three guys who are Pro Bowl candidates as starters (Jenkins, Banks, and Zach Tom). Walker is a decent LT and between Rhyan and Walker they should get a serviceable RG. That should have a strong unit.
Now, they need to do something in free agency or in the draft to upgrade their edge rusher position and WR. Gary is fine. You'd like him to be more of a playmaker, but he's above average. Van Ness has not good and there is no way to sugarcoat that. If he doesn't improve, that limits the ceiling of that defense no matter who is playing DB.
Good chunk of the Pass rush market dried up quick. Some of it in reality was non-existent. If you cant get to the QB better load up on your backside.
Needed another interior OL after that shit show against the eventual World Champs
Banks may excel in GB. Thought I read he was somewhat miscast in SF because they run a lot of outside zone blocking and he's not quick enough to be very good at that. His forte is more of an inside zone blocking guy as well as RPO.
@SteveLuke posted:
Another former Raider.
Not exactly one of the top CBs on the market, but another warm body who is not named Eric Stokes.
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@Iowacheese posted:
The only Hobbs that has been worth a shit
Nope. The movie completely bastardized Bernard Malamud's novel.
Chase Young is about the only Edge left that would upgrade our group.
Hobbs is interesting. He’s been utilized in the slot quite a bit but IIRC he played a fair amount of outside press in college. He’s not a #1, but he’s pretty solid.
I like the moves so far. Veterans at key positions, but still young. Not dropping lotto money on 30+ year olds.
Banks and Hobbs make them better not necessarily by themselves but in the aggregate.
Banks isn’t as good as Jenkins at guard, but Jenkins is significantly better at center than the guy playing there last year. Myers was average in that regard. Jenkins has the ability to be an All Pro manning that center spot.
Hobbs has a unique skill set and while he’s not elite at anything he is now probably their best tackling corner on the roster. Our corners were atrocious last year in run support.
And since he can play boundary or slot he’s likely going to see a lot of playing time. If I’m Bullard and Nixon I’m probably not thrilled with this move and chances are if and when they draft a corner high again they will be even less pleased.
Where things could get super interesting is if Jaire somehow returns to GB. He and Hobbs would make a very good 1-2 combo and add in their backups and that’s a really good secondary.
Obviously they still need help at outside pass rusher and wide receiver, but my guess is they draft both or possible at a middle tier WR outside of the draft.