Pace's Cornerback Dilemma..............

Hard to make an accurate call on this one.  If Gilmore was out of his price range Johnson look to be even pricier and does he give us any more than we're getting from Fuller now on his better days?

Part of my concerns about Fuller are based on whether he truly wants to be here or not.  Fangio was pretty critical or his malingering last year so that may have something to do with him possible being butt hurt over that.  Personally I think he was malingering not wanting to play late in a lost season and risk injury going into a contract year.

Of course that cost him his 5th year option but he knew that was unlikely anyway.  This year he comes back playing balls to the wall knowing it will have a huge impact on his next deal.  Once he gets that which Kyle Fuller shows up, this one or the previous model who struggled so badly in man coverage they were thinking about making him a FS?

To be honest MP I don't totally trust the guy but if I new the new coaching regime would use more zone coverage which he is actually quite good at I'd be more inclined to gamble on him.  We don't know this yet so I'm content to wait it out and see how Fuller might be used and what the new regime thinks of him.  Is he a fit or not?

There's no sense handing the kid a $40 mil plus deal with $20 mil plus in guarantees if he's not.  Or.....they spend around $14 mil to tag him non-exclusive and let him field offers we can either match or let him go either for compensation or a negotiated trade.  What Pace needs to avoid is allowing some of his best player and former high picks walk getting zip in return and then either have to dip into a shallow UFA pool to replace them or draft a replacement who may or may not work out.

But that's all about what I think he should do.  What he actually will do I haven't a ****ing clue.