[alby]

I don't think you can ever be too deep in the secondary, especially quality cover guys. One injury can shift everyone up the depth charts and that would spell major trouble.

In regards to the Patriots never over-paying their corners. A big part of their effective was yes, the pressure they always seemed to apply on opposing QB's. However, I think the biggest reason is that New England gets up big so early that it makes the other teams one dimensional on offense.. which pretty makes defending easy as cake IMHO.