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[thejunki]

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[raiderrocker18]

decent but overrated player. cant remember who, but last offseason one of the guys here had him in his top-10 corners list in nfl gen

[thejunki]

sean smith is over rated he cost us 40 million to get but amerson came off the waiver wire and is worth every penny we invested in him. If you pay close attention to the video you will see how many 3rd down stops amerson made to get the defense off the field. Sean smith only had four drive killers all year . I still like the potential sean smith can add to the defense if used properly but he is being used the wrong way in ken norton's scheme

[Darbsk]

Great pickup by Reggie and while I'm under no illusion that he's a top 10 corner he's a very good #2 CB in our system. Didn't play as well last year as the year before but I don't think he was by any means bad.

He's almost like the antithesis of Hayden, where he has great anticipation and plays the ball really well with his awareness but can get sloppy at times in his coverage by taking chances. He does gamble now and then so he'll always be prone to giving up the odd play but realistically, he's more than good enough if we have solid play at CB#1 and a decent pass rush.
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[raiderrocker18]

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Decent to good player who has flashes. Like we locked him up before seeing some of these CB contracts. I even like Smith's after this off-season.
Conley will keep the competition high so neither player should slack knowing a CB was drafted to possibly replace them. I think with an extra year together the secondary will be much improved and hopefully Smith's health was more of the reason for a drop-off last season. Though he was benched and the coaches jobs are to put the pieces in the proper place on the puzzle.
Really looking forward to this season.

[MrOaktown_56]

He had some horribe luck in the playoff game last year. Had some really good coverage on hopkins but a well placed ball by osweiler deep and some bad PI calls.
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[RaiderX]

Smith had a horrible start and had a fairly long stretch of decent play. Amerson was consistently bad last year.
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[oakdb36]

[Darbsk]

[BayRaider]

I wouldn't say Smith is inconsistent, he's a matchup corner. Against bigger wideouts not named Julio Jones, he was actually very good. Against speedy smaller guys like Brandin Cooks, Steve Smith, etc, he was terrible. Just keep him off smaller guys.. it was so frustrating our coaching staff never got that through their head. One reason at times I wanted to choke Norton lol. However, with Conley playing in the Nickel and taking care of those smaller guys, Smith should get more matchups to his liking.

As for Amerson, inconsistent describes him more accurately. There were games where he looked like a Top 5 CB in the league. And there were other games he looked like DJ Hayden. Not much middle ground.

[NightTrainLane]

[oakdb36]

[Mr Raider]

Both Smith and Amerson had stretches of looking like they needed to be cut and stretches where you saw incredible talent and a place on a strong defense. But that was kind of the problem, way too many swings up and down. Smith leveled off a little bit more down the stretch, but his highs weren't as good as Amerson at the start of the season. The incredible inconsistency leads me to believe there's still talent and a fit there but the pass rush is going to have to step up. I have more faith in Amerson than Smith this season because CBS can fall off a cliff and Smith has less athletic ability and if that starts to fade he has less room for error. And right or wrong he was supposed to be our top corner where everyone seems top agree Amerson can be a strong 2.

I actually think DA has a bounce back year and looks like he can be the number 2 for the next couple of years. I think the pass rush picks up some with a healthy (hopefully) MEJ, some development from Ward and Calhoun, Mack takes another step, hopefully he starts stronger than he has to this point in his career, and improvements around him in the secondary. Plus Karl Joseph is my projected breakout player for us on defense and a really good safety does wonders for your corners.

Smith I don't really know what we get. But if I had to guess I'd say we see similar to last year, some really bad stretches, some good ones, and some frustration because you aren't sure which is coming each week. Plus like unlike Amerson he doesn't offer much of anything when it comes to ball skills so while both guys can get beat Amerson is more likely to make up for some of it with getting his hands on the ball either interceptions or tip passes. The good news is I think Smith and Amerson offer enough to let us.work in Conley at a level where we don't have to say hey rookie we have no experience or talent in front of you and we need you to be a lock down guy year one. Conley will make some plays, make some mistakes and hopefully gets better down the stretch and into the playoffs and allows us to play match ups and at least slow some teams down.
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