Originally posted by NYniner85:
Originally posted by 9ersLiferInChicago:
Not me. I'm mocking us to take a CB in the first. 
I don't see that happening at all....our defense is built around the DL and getting pressure on the QB. They run some sort of zone shell like 70% of the time.
You're not drafting a zone corner at 12 overall. That's for straight up man/press guys and we don't do that overall.
Ton of good zone guys in the middle rounds.
if you think they're drafting CB you're gonna be let down.
Well, I won't be let down if we drafted at another position with our first pick. Imma be happy with whatever we draft.
Two of the top 3 CB's coming out can play zone, man, and press. One or two will be available to us at 12.
I think it's wrong thinking to say or suggest that first round CB's is only reserved for press-man CB's, or that a draftee is only a man or zone CB. To me that kind of thinking is little better than dogma. It wrongly suggests that a CB used mostly for man in collage can't play in NFL zone schemes, or vis-à-vis. How do you know if the collage DC just wasn't asking him to play much man, or vis-à-vis? As a coach myself I can tell you I do that a lot. DeMeco Ryans is the DC now, and you don't know what his philosophy is when it comes to the zone-man ratio. We know that Salah favors and deploys more complicated zone concepts. We have no clue if Ryans will do the same. So you cannot use last season's zone-man ratio to predict this seasons. Coaches who run the same scheme can have two totally different philosophy's on running it - aggressive vs don't bent don't break, zone vs man vs. balanced, blitz pressure vs. cover pressure. In todays NFL you have to have CB's who can at least
adequately play man and zone, especially for a Shanny-ran team who demands flexibility up and down the roster. Otherwise that CB is a liability.
Perhaps you don't see one of the CB spots as the hole for us as I do, and that's fine. Indeed there are a ton of capable "zone guys" in middle rounds. But are they day 1 starter guys? Absolutely not! And a day 1 starter is what we need to play opposite of Verrett, not another Weatherspoon we have to spend 2, 3, 4 seasons developing only to have to let him walk. No sir, we need top talent there.
We have a whole SB team returning healthy. I fully expect Jimmy G. to get this team back to the SB, and win this time. Anything less is a bust.
Webzone might not survive. 
