Start to pass or stop the pass?

I really think people are sour on our corners largely because of the deficiency of a consistent 4-man pass rush.

See, maybe I’m just an idiot or something, but I still don’t believe we NEED a WR.
I’m pretty high on Donnie Avery and I like his potential as #2 WR, and Mark Clayton showed some flashes of possibly being a great #1 in my opinion. Not HOF great, but a guy that just gets the job done, like a Derrick Mason. As we all know, Danario Alexander also flashed, and even Brandon Gibson has shown a lot of positive steady improvement. Danny Amendola obviously is a pretty good slot too. That can be our WR corp right there, and just toss Gilyard in there somewhere.

For our CB’s however, after Murphy there’s NO ONE.
Kevin Dockery? Pfft, he’s on the same level as Laurent Robinson as far as his potential goes. Justin King? How about can you stay healthy? 2 people that are GUARANTEED gone next year. For WR ,there’s only 1 guaranteed loss (this all assuming we don’t pick up any WR or CB)

 but I’m a schitzo so check in later.

By far the guy on this roster with most RAC ability is Mardy. The thing is, he was slow coming on after being held out of pre-season activities (NCAA/NFL rules on grad date) and then later by injury. This guy may not have the best hands but he specializes in easier to catch passes and mind blowing ability to break ankles after the catch. He’s behind in his development by a little, some of it his fault, most of it not, as injury and college rules are beyond his control, but I think if the NFL has a normal preseason and camp this year, Mardy will grow considerably.

Mardy isn’t a reasonable replacement for Avery’s deep strike skillset, though. If Avery can still dominate in that role like he did when he got hurt, they’ll be fine in that area too.

Its tough to say where these young guys are in their development due to injuries but those young seeds shouldn’t be judged entirely on their lack of numbers. They haven’t had enough field time to make that say they’re busts.

If Avery isn’t fully 100% recovered — without any loss of top end MPH — I’d be seriously looking for that role player in bith FA and draft. I think deep speed along with reliable hands (in the same guy) is the single biggest need on Offense.

The rams have a pretty good group of guys on each side. It’s just that no one really is a primer receiver or db. All Super Bowl teams have one and I say if the rams want a real chance to get to the playoffs they need one of each.

If you put up enough points you don’t need a stellar defence. Gilyard has to learn a new playbook, so that means he will be sitting out this season, unless McD has 2 or 3 simple routes for him to run……LOL!