We drafted Lucas and we signed Mccain before going to get his HS homies Moesley & Hooker.
We didn’t draft any outside CB at all .
We are LOADED with guys that can play inside and cover slot.
OUTSIDE CB — Moesley, Sutton, Jacobs
(sutton can play inside yes)
SAFETY — CGJ, Kerby, Walker
(cgj does cover the slot yes)
NICKEL DB — Branch, W. Harris
That’s our Top 8 for the secondary
Mac McCain
Chase Lucas
Iffy
They should round out the group
MAC … we must really like him more than I thought and looks like a lock to make the roster and backup outside CB. Thoughts on him as our #4 CB ?
Chase Lucas… had a lot of experience covering slot in college and I believe in the preseason with us at camp that was his role. Does he get a shot outside?
Will Harris…he was bad when he played outside…when Branch beats him out do we try him again there? Or is he just a jack of all trades ST guy depth guy now?
Iffy - What do we do with him now that we are loaded back there? Is he gonna move back to outside CB? Is he just a Will Harris type dude that plays all the positions but none of them any good?
Have a hard time thinking that a street free agent that spent the entire 2022 season on a Practice Squad as being a lock. Can’t argue with your logic though.
He was on the Philadelphia’s practice squad, his contract ended after the Super Bowl. So he was a SFA for a couple weeks . . . but he was on Philly’s PS the entire season and neither the Lions nor any other team signed him to the active roster (usually there are a lot of players signed to the active roster as IR builds up at the end of the season).
Personally, I still see this as a bit of a hole on the roster.
It’ll depend on Jacobs play this year IMO. I mean Mosley is on a one year deal. Even if he is ready for week one, he’s on a one year deal. See DJ Chark etc.
Jacobs should be able to fill early as a super sub if he is not ready at the very least. You just have to wonder if we won’t see another vet signing by the time camp rolls around though.
I’m in the same boat as others re McCain, I don’t get why anyone is high on him. He’s just a guy we signed to a futures deal.
Lucas is more interesting IMO, he made the roster when a guy like Houston was cut, and while he only played a handful of snaps he hung around the whole year on the 53.
I worry a little bit about outside CB, with Moseley rehabbing we might just have two viable options there to start the season, Sutton and Jacobs.
With about $8m in disposable cap space it wouldn’t surprise me if we added someone.
McCain, Hooker and Emmanuel are all from the same high school in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Emmanuel was the starting QB, Hooker was Emmanuels backup and McCain was a few years younger so he didn’t hang out with Emmanuel and Hooker but they knew of eachother.
McCain went to North Carolina A&T, which is in Greensboro, North Carolina. That is where Emmanuel was going to go to college before he got an offer from Tennessee to play DB.
NC A&T is also where Brad Holmes went to college.
NC A&T is where Hooker’s dad is in their sports hall of fame. Brad and Hooker’s dad are friends.
Cam Sutton links in thru the Tennesee connection. He hosted Emmanuel on his recruiting visit and they played together at Tennessee. Interestingly enough they also played with a guy named Alvin Kamara.
Cam Sutton was already friends with Analzone because they work out together in the offseason at a camp put on by a former NFL player.
BONUS: Emmanuel and Hooker will be rehabbing their knees together. Incredible.
Love reading this too. While I agree w/it → we will for sure need a CB next offseason, it brings me present to the evolution of the roster & our definition of what “a hole” looks like vs what It looked like 2 years ago.
