THERE is no way I could say the Eagles shouldn’t pursue Free Agent CB Byron Maxwell, without being shouted down. He’s got the size teams covet, and having played in the “Legion of Boom” he has a reputation that teams will at least show respect to at first.
He says he likes the Man-Press/Cover Three scheme that we play, because it’s similar to Seattle’s. Perhaps it is as far as the way the Secondary players are utilized. However because of the fact that Seattle plays a 4-3 and rushes their 4 down linemen as a rule, the result is that they play their OLB’s very different from how we play ours.
Then again maybe it’s too much to ask to expect a 6th round draft pick with just 17 career starts to look at such “subtleties”. Oh you didn’t know about the 17 starts? Or the 6th round selection? Or WHY he fell so far? But you DO think the Eagles should pay this guy 12-13M$ a year.
Fine. I won’t argue with that. What I will say though, is that if we sign him and Bill Davis doesn’t change his coverage scheme; the same fans who clamored for him will be calling Maxwell overpriced by Thanksgiving, and for his head by Christmas.
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Man I sure feel like we overpaid for this guy. The roster is now litter with holes and if Kelly does go all in for Mariota we might win six games. All that money to Sanchez and Gore makes no sense either. Kelly is in over his head.
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I like Maxwell. I think he has good technical skills and has good speed. If used properly he is a very good CB just not great-yet.
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I’m glad you like him.
He’s decent, not even good. He lacks a feel for the subtleties of his craft, and he isn’t a willing tackler. Take note of how often he’s standing straight up and down after runs to his side, after making a half-hearted swipe at stripping the ball. More often than not he never lowers his pads. That’s a bad habit that we enforced by giving him 12 mil a year.
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I do not disagree with you completely. He is often out of position or chasing the receiver but trying to stay on the positive side I think he has some athletic ability and still is learning the pro game. I think he has gradually gotten better. Not sure the is worth the money.
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No one with 17 career starts is worth 12 mil a year
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