Roads Signs Point To Bucs Picking Cornerback(s)
April 26th, 2011
Could Miami's Brandon Harris land on the Bucs roster?
Bucs rock star general manager Mark Dominik seemed to take a page out of Richie McKay’s book recently when he said you can never have enough corners.
McKay had the same philosophy and often drafted a cornerback each year. So when Dominik bluntly talked about the need for adding to the Bucs secondary, Joe sort of put two-and-two together and expected Dominik to draft one. It may be more.
Speaking on “The Blitz” this afternoon with co-hosts Adam Schein and Rich Gannon, Pittsburgh Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert spoke about the draft and was specifically asked what he thought of the current draft crop of cornerbacks.
“I think the cornerback class is very deep,” Colbert said.
This is significant for Joe. Colbert is arguably the best general manager in the NFL. His eye for talent is simply uncanny and the past success of the Steelers is largely a result of Colbert being able to pick the best fruit off the tree.
There is no one Joe repsects more in an NFL front office than Colbert. So if you add up Dominik’s comments about cornerbacks, the uncertain status of troubled cornerback Aqib Talib, and Colbert’s comments about how deep the cornerback position is, Joe can easily see Dominik selecting two cornerbacks in the draft.
Why is cornerback so deep this year? Colbert had an interesting take.
“I think with so many spread offenses in college, it has forced defenses to play more cover corners out of necessity. And I’ve always believed a cornerback covers first and supports second.”
April 26th, 2011 at 1:41 pm
One guy that would be great value is Brandon Burton from Utah….Like him a lot.
April 26th, 2011 at 1:46 pm
If a CB class is very deep, Then wouldnt really make sense to grab a corner in RD 1. Especially since Morris has stated he and Tomlin took great pride in being late round “Assassins” finding good CBs 4th round or later.
April 26th, 2011 at 2:27 pm
I still see 2 DEs and 2 LBs taken in the draft along with RB.
The thought is OT and TE in the other two selections, but now one of them might be off the board as they go after a CB.
April 26th, 2011 at 3:37 pm
The Bucs WONT draft Brandon Harris, barring a trade up in rd.2. He will most likely be gone when they pick in the 2nd and he would be a reach at #20. He doesn’t have top 20 talent. Jimmy Smith does but the Bucs wont be taking Aqib Talib 2.0. If they draft a CB in rd.2 look for it to be Curtis Brown or Davon House, the two likely 2nd round CB’s they brought in for visits.
April 26th, 2011 at 4:42 pm
The only way Harris is a Buc is if they trade back with someone due to another team jumping up for a QB.
April 26th, 2011 at 7:28 pm
MORE Pittsburgh sh-t. Gdamn it, get away from Tampa Bay.