John Lynch - Texan or No Texan

please no. we already have a glut at safety. nick ferguson is probably a better safety than him. i don’t see him beating out Demps, Brown or Earl.

Lynch has a reputation as a hard hitting, intelligent leader. Sure, maybe he has lost a step, but who says he has to start. Why not bring him in on third down zone packages, or to spell the young guys and provide some hard nosed run support?

With his familiarity with the sytem and Smithiak, he’d practically be a position coach to the DBs. I’m not saying throw the payroll at him, but I am saying it’s worth thinking about. He doesn’t have a lot of playing years left, but he could be to the Texans what Bill Bates was to the Cowboys, who still suck, by the way.

If the braintrust thinks he’s better than what we have, I’ll trust them. I mean honestly, he’s old, like Nick Ferguson. If they signed Lynch, both he and Ferguson wouldn’t make the final roster, so really – one old dud or the other, fine by me.

I meant dude, not “dud”.... but that also works. Heh.

...or there is at least a good shot at it. If they bring him in and he beats out someone we have now, then fine….but he gets abused in pass coverage. Also, hasn’t he had like three more concussions than Steve Young?

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We don’t have a shortage at safety right now like we did at RB. I don’t think it’s going to happen.

he’s always struck me as a player who would someday be a coach, but I’ll trust Smithiak and whatever they decide.

We have been too slow at safety forever. Does anyone remember Matt Stevens? He was a member of the super bowl champs Patriots the year before he became the Texans inaugural free safety. He was always a step late. No speed.

I have always admired Lynch, but his time has come and gone. We have plenty of speedy linebackers who can provide what Lynch does best, run support. We need faster safeties who can help cover 4-5 wideout packages. We have plenty of safeties in camp already.

No, under no circumstances (save for the death of a large number of players) should we sign an old safety who can barely play the pass anymore.

Signing Lynch to a reasonable contract to play in certain packages and otherwise tutor the younger secondary could only help in my opinion.

And while I’m wary of furthering the Texans reputation of being “The Broncos Light”, I’d still sign him up.