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Seeing the name Toi Cook just made me hurl. Oh lord, I\'m still cringing. Why subject me to that Billy? WHY?!?!

Listen, theoretically speaking, I would say that the farther you get from the line of scrimmage, the less important the player is... safety can be an exception to that.

Most important thing a defense can do, IMO, is to stop the run. Second, rush the passer. Third, defend the pass in the secondary. That being said, it\'s not like CBs are not very important. I remember in the late 80\'s and early 90\'s our defense\'s only weakness was its secondary. Our D could allow 27 yards rushing and get 5 sacks, but those 15 or so plays that the QB had to sit in the pocket and throw usually equated to 300 yards and 2 TDs.

No matter how good you are against the run, no matter how much pressure you can get, you can\'t do it every down. There are going to be a lot of times in any game that our CBs are going to have to earn their pay on their own. That\'s scary.

What\'s more scary is that we DO NOT have a great front 7. Our D-line is pretty solid, but with Sully overweight, young, and coming off a shaky rookie season, another rookie, and an undersized B Young, it\'s not like we\'re going to control the middle. Behind them, our LBs are anything but solid.

If we can shut down teams in the running game AND get good pressure on the QB, then our CBs would be less of a concern. However, if teams can run for 100 yards a game against us and keep the D off-balance, our CBs can get eaten up.

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