TR- with Nicks and Jackson our offense becomes a force. Every time I watch him on tape I'm more impressed. I'll be happy if we get Claiborne, but I'll be really excited if we get Richardson.
The impact of a RB is more immediate and obvious, even to the casual fan. That is something that generates interest and fills the stadium. This franchise needs to sell tickets. Richardson will do that. Claiborne won't. For the long haul, I would take Kalil over Claiborne. Richardson may just be one player but he fills a vital need on a unit with few holes. There are so many holes on defense. One CB can't make that much of a difference.
The trouble is, next years draft the Bucs may not be in position to get a premier CB.
Not only that but I think people are sleepin on the fact that Barber and Talib most likely won't be here next year. There's also a chance the two don't work out this year. Talib could be suspended and Barber is on his last legs. We may have to play with Biggers and Wright this year. Scary thought.
I feel certain the Bucs won't be in a position to get ANY premier player in next year's draft. They can spend the 2nd and 3rd round picks on CBs, and the rest on LBs and Ss. I really don't care. The strength of this team right now is the offense. The one GLARING weakness is at RB. We have a possible shot at making a team weakness into a team strength and guarantee we will have him for a minimum of 4 years. You can't pass that up.
If Blount is a "GLARING weakness", I would love to know how you describe our LB corps. Or what our secondary looks like without Talib. Or what you call a pass defense that gave up 30 TDs last year.
This pick needs to be Morris Claiborne. And it's pathetic how simple of a decision that really is. And far more pathetic is how many people want to ignore it.
Gracias.
They wont be ignoring it when the BUcs are getting their collective arsses handed to them on a silver platter...
What good is a RB when you are trailing by three scores? They are about useless at that point.
LGB is useless if you are down by 3 scores- TRich would not be. Blount is a good runner but very one dimensional. He is useless on passing downs and what's worse is that other teams know that.
