Short term:

Newman and Henry remain our starting CBs discounting injury.  Pacman comes in as our 3rd CB because he has not been active for a while, but he will still get plenty of playing time because of current offensive trends and as KR.

Long term:

Roy Williams might be let go barring drastic, like really drastic, improvement.  Multiple options will now open up at safety based on the status of Hamlin, the development of Watkins and whether we draft K. Phillips this year.  Also, Henry could be retained and moved to FS, and Pacman will move to the #2 CB spot (assuming he's still playing).

Our secondary is going to be a huge issue next offseason, but I really feel that it is going to get better.  I haven't even talked about the CB we will be drafting this year.  

We can have the meanest defence beyond our thoughts if we can also have a consistent pass rush.  That depends on the following:

• Ware and Canty move up a level and are resigned
• Spencer begins to show dominance
• Ratliff is given more reps at DE
• Hatcher gets a few more reps at Spears' expense

Now, if we can draft a star ILB in the next 2-3 years...

Sorry, I'm drooling.

Pacmans been out a year. He needs to shake off the rust & get his timing back. Get hit & hit people. Make it rain. Before he replaces Henry, who is also a very good tackler & plays the run well. Henry continues to start... for a while.

remember last year, tnew moved to slot on three wides,  henry and jac reeves took outside receivers.   with the pac aboard , henry takes #2 and pac and tnew cover the #1 receiver and the slot man.  henry sits except in nickel and dime packages(we get alot of them)

be released after the season. He will be 32 in November.

There is a slim possibility he could be moved to FS when Williams get cut, but I think Watkins would be a better alternative. He is a little long in the tooth and becoming injury prone to keep around more than another season.

It's real possible we could have two new starting CBs next season.

...just how "rehabilitated" PacMan is before pushing Henry out the door.

This year's draft tells alot, too.  If #22 is a CB, then Henry's days could be numbered.  If we don't go CB until later, then he could be hanging around for a bit.

nickle job goes to Henry, Newman to the slot...

forget all this rust BS....the dude would have 4 months to prepare and hone his man skills...and he's 10x better than Henry...I'd even say he's better than Newman, as he's a much more physical playmaker.

Will either be let go or take a significant reduction in salary next year. I believe his cap figure is currently over five million, and we can't afford to pay him and Newman a combined 15 million dollars.
And I do believe he'll be the nickel corner throughout the year; Adam (spread the word, PacMan is behind us now!)is a tremendous player who more than merits the chance to be the #2 CB