duly noted.
but donte whitner is in the secondary... he can't even cover the inbounder on an inbound pass in soccer or in basketball let alone football
but your comment of your entire secondary being unable to cover just reitterates the same questions I had about why Boldin is such a needed position when your secondary is in the state that it's in. 6MM for a position you're supposedly deep at is wasted money and coincidentally came right after the seawhawks nabbed harvin
i'm not sure what the recent track record has been for immediate impact in the secondary from rookies.. but the most recent that comes to mind is claiborne with dallas... how's his comment from the draft looking these days?
"i wanna keep climbin climbin climbin"
whitner is spending his last year in Niners uniform, Im pretty sure.
secondary is comparable to WR in terms of a learning curve, maybe even less of a curve. ideally you want experience but if a guy has good natural instincts he'll get his in man coverage.
I think a point has been made many times on Niners board that the first superbowl win Niners started a rookie tandem of eric wright and ronnie lott.
plus, the CB/S market is pitiful right now. look at this shyt. huff, nnamdi, grimes, CW24 still unemployed.
we needed a WR and despite what harbs said about aj, he isnt ready and may never be. admitting a mistake is never too early and with moss gone and kyle/mario recovering, we needed a decent WR. compared to what mike wallace or harvin got, we are paying boldin peanuts for one year. low risk high reward.
and personally, I think hes a better natural WR in terms of route running and hands than either harvin or wallace, despite perhaps aging.
they couldve franchised goldson, but the FO was respectful and let him get his $. the staff clearly doesnt think hes worth top money and I think theyre very right. before fangios defense and aldon+los, no one wanted goldson