Quote:Evans showed some potential, but at the Broncos game at least, where I was really able to focus on him for a while, he was making lots of mental errors and picking up dumb penalties. The athleticism seemed to be there, though. He's not Byrd or Thomas, but who is?

 

Three-part reply:

1. Prosinski has been consistently terrible since being drafted. Even in the fourth round, he was a significant reach, and there were much better DBs (including Cortez Allen and Richard Sherman) picked up later. He's ok on special teams, but the fact that a sixth-round rookie and a second-year sixth-round pick have both managed to remain ahead of him on the safety depth chart says a lot.

 

2. Guy is a big hitter and a solid special teamer, from what I've seen, but he doesn't seem to be all that fast. A long-term backup at strong safety? Sure. He's a similar type of player to Cyprien and would fit well there, but he's not a Seattle-style free safety, and I don't really think for a second that he's a long-term starter there.

 

3. The idea of signing Byrd scares me a bit. Byrd is as big-name as free agents will get this year, and those guys are incredibly expensive. Is he a top-level talent? Yeah, but he plays a non-premium position. I'd rather see the team go after a guy like Antoine Bethea or Donte Whitner, someone who's a little older and won't command the same type of money, but will still be a stable veteran presence and allow the team to develop someone else behind them, be it a rookie or the Evans/Guy tandem.

That's why I believe Prosinski is on his way out after this year. It doesn't look good when two players (Evans and Guy), who are in their first year with the team and they have already made more plays, flashed more, and look to have way more potential then Prosinski ever has during his time here.

 

I think Bethea is average at best and Whitner isn't a true, deep middle Ball Hawking FS that this team needs. Plus he gets a lot of flags for high hits. Byrd will definitely be expensive, but he would make this Secondary legit. The reason why the Seattle Secondary is so great, is because of Earl Thomas. It's not because of that big mouth Sherman. He may get all the headlines because he runs his mouth, but Thomas is far and away the best player in that Secondary (actually, Thomas is probably the best player on that entire team). Sherman wouldn't be half as good without him, in my honest opinion. Of course their good Pass Rush is a CBs best friend, but Thomas makes that Secondary go.

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