GumboBC

Excellent post thefaniw.

I\'m also of the opinion that we can have a very strong defense with the cornerbacks we have. It\'s a well documented fact that you don\'t have to have great cornerbacks to have an outstanding defense. You listed some great examples of that and so have other members here. Like you said, our corners success is going to be largely dependent on our ability to stop the run and generate a pass rush.

But, in the interest of not being overly optimistic, stopping the run and generating a pass rush should be a BIG concern of ALL Saints fans.

While I know there are some fans out there that weren\'t going to be happy unless we drafted a cornerback, I think there are other fans that are upset for different reasons. I also think they have a valid point on some of those issues.

From what I\'ve seen, some fans are not really that upset with the players we drafted. They are upset because we still have some of the same \"question marks\" we\'ve had in the past. Notice I used the term \"question marks.\" When you have \"question marks\", what do you do with them? YOU ANSWER THEM!! The truth of the matter is, we\'ve had those same \"question marks\" for 2 or 3 years. It\'s also the truth that those \"question marks\" have not been properly addressed for the last couple of years. So if there are some fans out there that are upset, I don\'t see how anyone can blame them.

I also think some of the fans that are complaining about this team are making things out to be worse then they are. If someone tells me there is no reason to be optimistic, then I should stop being a fan, because without optimism and hope, there isn\'t really any use in me watching the Saints. And for all the reasons to have doubts about this years team, there is also reason to believe that we have improved. And anyone that doesn\'t see that, well, they just don\'t want to see it.

We have addressed some of the problem areas on this team and let\'s HOPE that some of the players that are already on this team step it up this year. Because without hope, there just ain\'t much reason to follow the Saints!!

[Edited on 7/5/2004 by GumboBC]