Emmanuel Forbes will be better in a non-starting role

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WestCoastRam said:

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He had some high highs last year but his lack of physicality and inconsistency ultimately led to too many times he was exposed. I'm eager to see how he looks when he's only playing field CB for a handful of snaps a game in dime looks without a dimebacker.
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I'd love to see it. Forbes isn't a bad player; he's actually done okay for himself - and honestly, he's been a lot more physical last year than in years past. He's just not a #1, and that's okay. I'd love to see him in nickel when we're not playing big nickel, move McDuffie inside.
 
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He played better after a full Rams off season building strength. Hopefully after another off season workouts he will be that much stronger and play even better.
If he had 25lbs of muscle and keep his speed he could be very good. Dude is LONG.
 
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Forbes and defense overall was pretty good the first half of the season. They both regressed down the stretch. Hopefully he figures it out now that he doesn't have the pressure of being a starter.
 
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I believe we all know that the Rams did not plan on Forbes being a #1 or a starter or even the #3 corner. Ankello Witherspoon/ Cobie Durant & Darious Williams was the planned corner main trio. Forbes IMO was the 4th corner out of Training Camp.

The high cost veteran corner ($9,166,666 million) Williams very old very fast. Witherspoon was injured from the first game first quarter of 2025. Durant never played well enough to be consider a new contract. Nickelback Lake went down early and never got the "IT' back. Traded for CB Roger McCreary got hurt right off & never proved himself worth a look in 2026 either.

The 2025 secondary was under a tremendous amount of pressure & it took its toll on everyone in that secondary.

One DB that stepped up into that mess was safety Kamren Curl who was on the field all season. He earned that new nice contract.
 
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TSFH Fan said:
On the one hand, last year, Forbes yielded the best/lowest opposing completion percentage of his career at 56.6% completion rate.

On the other hand, it's probably the passes not defensed and the TDs allowed, that will probably define what people (and the coaches) think of him - even when he plays "well":


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I don't love having him have to cover more than 15 yards down the field, that's for sure.
 
PressureD41 said:
Would feel more comfortable if we added an outside CB, incase a injury occurs ‍‍
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Hard for a team to invest more than 2 starters, a nickel and a backup outside (field) CB at the position.

Any reinforcements will have to come from inside the building.
 
He's CB3 because of his inconsistency, but he definitely had several moments where he played like a CB1.

And he improved a lot last year over his 2024 performance. Hopefully, he continues to ascend. He'll be one of the better CB3's in the league.
 
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