Slapstick
04-30-2016, 07:49 AM
...that the Steelers have locked up the future of their defensive secondary, for better or worse....
For the next few years, we will have veterans William Gay, Mike Mitchell, and Robert Golden (not counting Shamarko here as I currently do not believe that he will be around for the next few years, though he could surprise us all, I suppose)...
Then, we have young players Ross Cockrell, Senquez Golson, Doran Grant, Artie Burns, and Sean Davis...
That's 9 DBs...we may add another, either in the draft or prior to training camp, but it looks very much to me as though this is what we're going with in 2016...
I will say that I have higher hopes for this group than I did for last year's group at the beginning of the season...I figured Boykin was a one-year rental and I hoped Blake would not be retained...Cockrell surprised me when he got on the field and even more when he took advantage of some turnovers....Golson's injury and Holliman's failure to make the roster were disappointing...
Hope springs eternal for 2016 and 2017...
For the next few years, we will have veterans William Gay, Mike Mitchell, and Robert Golden (not counting Shamarko here as I currently do not believe that he will be around for the next few years, though he could surprise us all, I suppose)...
Then, we have young players Ross Cockrell, Senquez Golson, Doran Grant, Artie Burns, and Sean Davis...
That's 9 DBs...we may add another, either in the draft or prior to training camp, but it looks very much to me as though this is what we're going with in 2016...
I will say that I have higher hopes for this group than I did for last year's group at the beginning of the season...I figured Boykin was a one-year rental and I hoped Blake would not be retained...Cockrell surprised me when he got on the field and even more when he took advantage of some turnovers....Golson's injury and Holliman's failure to make the roster were disappointing...
Hope springs eternal for 2016 and 2017...