You can quite easily find a Jonothan Harrison upgrade that's for sure. Or get a corner who can ALSO play ST's. the NFL is a league riddled with injuries every year. Our neglect of the C position is unforgivable especially after what we saw last year. We needed to overpay or overdraft a quality starter and find a reliable backup just in case. We were spoiled beyond belief by Mangold & Mawae. Took this for granted
If he fires them back like a FG it will at least give Sam an extra 15 yards before the onslaught of blitzers, hope his deep ball has improved lol edit fuck beaten to it by @ctjetsguy
And they draft a 6’1 corner with 4.7 speed who missed 19 games over the last 2 years. I’m now officially on the fire Mac train.
Pre-Draft Analysis Austin is a tall corner with above-average length. He plays faster on tape and he may need more time to recover from consecutive season-ending knee injuries, but he did not run well at his pro day. He has above-average change of direction and short area man-to-man cover skills on tape. He's got the tools to develop into an effective press corner. He's got big hands and he flashes above-average ball skills.
Above average short area man to man #BUT# one of his weaknesses is he allows early separation. Sounds to me like someone screwed up the analysis. So you basically use him in goal line D as an extra DB but he can't cover man between the 20's... great pick Mac !! lol