Julian Love’s replacement in the draft=

last year. His name is Dane Belton!

Wrong! Its pinnock!

we should be fine in addition to whoever we draft or UFDA

In comment 16068630 BigBlueDawg56 said:

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last year. His name is Dane Belton!

Pinnock and Belton aren’t the same type of player… this kid can legitimately play CB… so Imagine the flexibility he gives Defensive coaches/schemes…. Maybe he isn’t as big as Pinnock, but Wink wants his safeties to be fluid amongst their responsibilities as a tandem. Love and X were simpatico last year, but neither Belton or Pinnock can create the same mismatched as a player like Martin, so I disagree with the sentiment they’ll easily fill Loves shoes.
Love was a versatile player (CB at ND) and a damn good safety…I’m sorry to see him go

In comment 16068653 Big Blue '56 said:

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we should be fine in addition to whoever we draft or UFDA

He is rising up draft boards… but we may get lucky and have a shot at him in Round 4…Rd 5 in a dream scenerio.

Pinnock and Belton are both good options, and if we can add Martin, I feel really good about our safety spot going into the near future

Keep Slayton and Shep and lose Love for 2/12mm. why?

finding a 124 tackle safety. Yeesh we're going to get even more murdered by TEs.

In comment 16068664 jmalls23 said:

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Keep Slayton and Shep and lose Love for 2/12mm. why?

I miss the FA days of signing Solder and Golladay.

In comment 16068667 Spiciest Memelord said:

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finding a 124 tackle safety. Yeesh we're going to get even more murdered by TEs.

He was making all those tackles because our linebackers sucked lol. Hes not that good, relax.

Posted in the Slayton thread but meant to post here. Branch in round 1?

Not sure why anyone has confidence in him.

At the time, I wondered if Safety would be a higher draft priority than we might have initially thought. I guess we'll find out.

both Seattle and Tampa.

In comment 16068719 cosmicj said:

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Not sure why anyone has confidence in him.

see it pretty much the same way, cosmicj, not especially fast, not a particularly good tackler or with pop, and he often appeared lost in the secondary, which you kind of expect for a rookie. I just didn't see the necessary tools. Imo he and Wan'Dale were the poorest picks of the litter, with Evan a big TBD.

Holmes may see some time there, at least during training camp. If the Giants re-sign most of last year’s safeties, Holmes to safety may not happen but I think it deserves a look.

In comment 16068664 jmalls23 said:

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Keep Slayton and Shep and lose Love for 2/12mm. why?

Keep in mind that our 2/12 is worth less than Seattle's 2/12. There's no state tax in Washington.

per PFF....
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In comment 16068664 jmalls23 said:

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Keep Slayton and Shep and lose Love for 2/12mm. why?

Because you're not the GM. Make sense?

I bet JS & BB will target him as their choice in the draft. They like players who are leaders.

He was not a starting level DB. Last year he proved to be a solid starter (aka average). It would have been nice to have him back, but he will not be so difficult to replace.

He's got a $14M cap hit this season and has refused a pay cut.

That would be a nice upgrade over Love/Belton/Pinnock.
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