I've never gotten the lack of depth argument at CB I have seen throughout the off season. Are we as talented as last year? probably not, but we are definitely deeper. We faced a similar predicament last year when Jenks was locked in as the CB1 and Tru coming off injury was battling Gaines for the CB2 job. This year Tru is the CB1 and Gaines coming off injury is battling Sensabaugh for the CB2 job. There is an added element this year because the looser of the CB2 job should battle Joyner for the nickel spot. In Tru, Gaines, Sensabaugh, Roberson/UDFA on the outside and Joyner, Gaines, and Sensabaugh on the inside the Rams have way more depth versatility compared to last year.
I happen to like our current overall depth @ CB
if all can remain somewhat healthy. Far much better than in 2012/2013 little better than in 2014 & very close to what we had last season.
Our new Ram #1 outside corner...Trumaine Johnson has yet to be able to start for an entire season. In 4 seasons TJ has started 32 of the 64 games. TJ is coming off his best season in 2015,where he missed starting 3 games & missed parts of 2 other games. He was also benched for for violating team rules. TJ has has experienced 2 concussions protocols. In 2014 he was only healthy enough to start only 5 games after a nasty sprained MCL. TJ has an arrest on drunk driving charges back in 2013. In addition he has missed practices for oversleeping. His rookie season was slowed by a hip injury.
Our new #2 outside CB EJ Gaines entering his 3rd season has been available to start for 15 games. He was a Ram rookie 6th rd rookie corner sensation. When Tru suffered the knee injury EJ moved in & excelled. His rookie season was played through a bad sore knee & then a nasty concussion took him out in the next to last game of 2014. He missed the entire 2015 season after undergoing surgery to repair a Lisfranc injury in his foot.
Our 3rd outside CB Marcus Roberson is entering his 3rd season & unlike the top two corners had a injury free 2015 season even though he did miss playing 6 games his rookie season due to an ankle injury. No concerns here.
The 4th outside CB is
new Coty Sensabaugh. I like this UFA signing by Snead. He is coming off his best injury free season in 2015. Coty
does have injury history before 2015 had 2 previous injury fill seasons in 2014 & 2013(IR'd) [Knee/foot/concussion/]. He started only 12 games for his first 3 seasons & only started for 1 NCAA season.
Lamarcus Joyner is
no NFL outside corner has big concerns (
SHORT comings) but he is an emergency 5th corner for Gregg. Troy Hill has the talent if he wants to be an outside CB but you would be foolish to not have concerns surrounding his off-field character issues (3 teams in less than a yr.). Not here for long. Other
possible concerns is Fisher currently does not have any newly additional bona fide outside rookie corners going into OTA's at this time but he is obviously looking.