It was not as if Odomes only made one great play for Buffalo. He had 26 career interceptions, and 19 in his final three years in Buffalo. In 1993, Odomes co-led the NFL with a career-high 9 interceptions. He went to the pro bowl in both 1992 and 1993 and played in four Super Bowls for the AFC East Buffalo Bills. That doesn't sound like Ty Law at all, does it?
He signed with the Seahawks following the 1993 season when he was 28. The Seahawks gave him a big contract and he was injured in the preseason two straight seasons, got paid, but never played a down for the Seahawks. He played one more year in 1996 for the Falcons in which he only appeared in 7 games and did not record an interception, then retired.
Ty Law is an above-average corner and certainly improves the defense in the short-term, but his level of play could decline quickly or the 32-year-old could easily get injured. He is also a me-first player. He is not an obnoxious locker-room cancer, but the two most important things to him are his money and earning a spot in the Hall of Fame. The team is third at best. Law has always been a risk-taker and he will gamble wherever he is next year, getting more interceptions and padding his career numbers, but also getting burned more. Part of the reason he got 10 interceptions last year was that people threw at him a lot.
If we sign Ty Law and are unable to re-sign Marcus Trufant or Ken Hamlin because of it, where does that leave our secondary in terms of covering the young Arizona receivers for the next 5 or 6 years when Ty Law has retired?
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