Randall day to day; Dorleant no serious damage. Really, or is this McCarthy speak for "IR soon"?

GB has a couple of decent options at CB:

1. Hawkins was inactive in Detroit.
2. Robertson Daniel has some knowledge of the system and can be signed off Balt practice squad
3. Herb “Muddy” Waters

I have not seen or read anything that indicates Waters is anything but a UDFA that will never be. But, here some thoughts that should intrigue:

He’s the progeny of Shields and Gunter as a Miami UDFA CB, so his “bloodline” looks solid. When I hear things like don’t draft a position from a certain college because they have failed in NFL, I think this is silly. However, these things can become self-fulfilling. Everyone in the CB room and practice field speaks fondly about the Shields to Gunter to Waters thing. Because of it, Shields and coaches give Waters a little more attention, Waters feels more welcomed than if he came from South Carolina Tech. Suddenly all this adds up to Waters feeling more confidence and feeling that what he does in practice every day will lead to becoming a viable NFL CB; this heightens his attention to detail. He has the talent, a lot of guys do, it’s the mental part that stops most guys from making it and this Miami thing gives Waters has a lick-up on the mental part.

Waters converted mid September and no doubt since he’s gotten some decent reps with a mash unit of CBs missing reps in practice. This means Whitt has seen enough to know if Waters doesn’t have “IT.”

Another sign is Geronimo’s success and GB is still signing Goodley [He’s 25] and McCaffery; when a simple look at the numbers and injuries [Shields may be done, Goodson is a FA] predicts GB should be bringing in CBs. This is a strong sign that Whitt believes Waters has a chance. Could his chance come this week?

Originally Posted by: Barfarn 

I like Hawkins but he is in the doghouse, probably on non-football related matters because he can play CB.

I like a rotation with Gunter, Hyde, Brice, HaHa and Evans....

Now more seriously: if we get to Eli in less than 0.3 seconds then nobody will be open and if we don't then Eli will hesitate to choose an open receiver and then we won't get to him yet but he will not know what to do, he will think which WR is more open than the others,eventually he will be sacked by Morgan Burnett but nothing matters because Datone Jones jumped offside.

Originally Posted by: luigis 

Stafford is playing better than the current "Bad Eli."
I think we can get this game. This team always surprises in these situations.

Originally Posted by: nerdmann 

Stafford has guts but Eli is technically far ahead. Stafford is very erratic, he will often miss on open receivers and sometimes throw an impossible pass. Manning is more methodical, less explosive but more accurate. If you ask me I think Manning is one of the worst fits for our secondary because he will systematically hit open guys.

Originally Posted by: luigis 

Eli has a career completion percentage below 60 and will probably end up somewhere in the top 5-10 all time in intercepeptions. Accurate and methodical aren't the first words that come to mind when I think of Eli.

Originally Posted by: mi_keys