Cleveland SS Mike Adams Visits Green Bay

by Brandon on Mar 4, 2009 8:00 AM CST in News Comment 3 comments

My first thought was why bother visiting with a safety that I had never heard of who played on an awful defense last season. But Cleveland's defense wasn't too bad last season; Football Outsiders says their secondary was average in 2008.

Also note the SS label at NFL.com attached to Mike Adams. When Bob Sanders was running the defense, the safeties were interchangeable. Atari Bigby and Nick Collins basically played the same role. But with Dom Capers as the defensive coordinator, I would expect that is going to change and Adams might fill a need. Also, he played in a 3-4 defense last season in Cleveland, so he might have a quicker transition. Bigby was just tendered a $1.5 million contract which says he's expected to bounce back from an injury plagued 2008 season and start alongside Collins. But Adams would provide some depth at a position that could use it.

He started the first five games during 2008 in Cleveland before getting sent to the bench. Apparently he was playing out of position, and fans in Cleveland would like to see him come back:

"Mike Adams; (608 K) 27 YO Adams was abused early in the year mostly because he was playing out of position. He is a number three safety at best and was being used in a nickel role. He is a free agent and if the price is right I would like the Browns to bring him back."

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Doesn't sound too bad

If he can cover better than Bigby while still providing decent run support, I think he’s a good pickup. I liked Bigby’s intensity last season, but he played with too much reckless abandon and had trouble in coverage.

by brothertomtuttle on Mar 4, 2009 2:01 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Agreed

Bigby’s a fearsome tackler, and hopefully he will blitz more next season under Dom Capers, but his idea of pass coverage is to play about 5 yards off the receiver. Adams can play strong safety and as the nickel cornerback, but unfortunately he doesn’t appear to be very good in either role. Still if he’s affordable, it does sound like he’s better than Bigby in pass coverage.

by Brandon on Mar 4, 2009 10:26 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

certainly an interesting visit

I wouldn’t mind adding a third safety, even if his ceiling is ‘borderline starter’. If nothing else, it will provide insurance in the event that Bigby doesn’t return to his up-and-comer status.

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by Mitchell_M on Mar 4, 2009 4:55 PM CST reply actions 0 recs