I think I'm going with Jaire. His talent, impact and positional importance is too hard to pass on here. Preston is up there, too, but I just think Jaire will be the more impactful player.
One player I don't see getting any love yet is Christian Kirksey. Yes, he's an unknown and his injury history is significant. He has a chance, though, to be our most impactful defensive player outside of the players already voted in. I have a feeling we may look back upon these rankings next year with a "we sure missed on him" type response.
Kirksey will get my vote after Jaire, the tons and Amos. If he's better than ANY of the ones who get voted in before him, that would mean a rock-solid ILB and the D would really be in fine shape.
I'm with you. I will be voting for him higher than I believe most will, as well. I still see people saying that swapping Kirksey in for Martinez is a downgrade or makes us worse as a team. I'm not willing to declare it a huge upgrade, but I do fully believe that if we get the best version of Kirksey it will end up a clear enough upgrade over 2019 Martinez.
I liked Kirksey a lot coming out in the draft. I liked him a LOT as a player prior to 2018. Healthy Kirksey is an upgrade over healthy Martinez. The difference is that Martinez was always healthy and there are legit questions about that for Kirksey given the past two years.
But yeah, I tend to consider him an upgrade, because I don't see any reason to assume injury for any player, but two consecutive years does give me pause.
Re: Rank the Roster 2020: #7
Posted: 06 May 2020 13:39
by Crazylegs Starks
I had to go with Jaire, but I could totally understand Jenkins here. He was so consistently good and most rookies can't do that.
Hot take: If King stays healthy this year, he will surpass Jaire as our top corner.
I had to go with Jaire, but I could totally understand Jenkins here. He was so consistently good and most rookies can't do that.
Hot take: If King stays healthy this year, he will surpass Jaire as our top corner.
The guy has all the tools to do it, but that's been his biggest problem. If King can get healthy, I'll take it a step further, and say we might have one of the best secondary's in the league. Jaire, King, Savage, Amos do make for an interesting bunch. With Hollman and Jackson battling it out for that CB 3 spot.
