Examining the 2010 NFL Draft - CB
by Mr MaLoR on Apr 2, 2010 7:00 AM EDT
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Print1. Kyle Wilson - Boise State (5'11" 195 lbs) Highlights - SB Nation Draft Profile
- Strengths: The best reaction to the ball in this draft. Uses elite agility to stick with any WR, no matter what route it is. The best ball hawk of all CB's for sure. Fluent hips and strong back pedal. Great at baiting QB to throw it towards his direction where he makes much of his interceptions on jumping routes. Incredible break away speed. Excels at press coverage. Good jump ball CB. Elite return man
- Weaknesses: Not the best in run support. Tends to forget to wrap up tackle on players and sort of just throws his body at them. Can be caught gambling too much at times.
- NFL Comparison: Al Harris
- Round Projection: Mid 1st
2. Joe Haden - Florida (5'11" 193 lbs) Highlights - SB Nation Draft Profile
- Strengths: Great zone coverage CB. Does not lose ground even though Haden played some off-man coverage. Man coverage is his specialty. Can read the QB really well. Solid in run support and a very good tackler. Incredible lower body control.
- Weaknesses: Doesn't usually knock the ball carrier backwards on tackles. Swats the ball away when he might have had the interception. Late to the ball sometimes after it has been released even when he has good coverage on the WR.
- NFL Comparison: Nate Clements
- Round Projection: Top 10 pick
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3. Devin McCourty - Rutgers (5'11" 193 lbs) Highlights
- Strengths: Can play on or off the WR. Stays low on his back pedal. Solid at changing direction based on the WR route. Very strong hands. Helps in run support very often. Gets off blocks very, very well. Great return man.
- Weaknesses: Struggles against bigger Wide Receivers. Can get away from the play too often in zone coverages. Needs to bulk up.
- NFL Comparison: Aaron Ross
- Round Projection: 1-2
4. Patrick Robinson - Florida State (5'11" 190 lbs) Highlights
- Strengths: A very instinctive Cornerback with elite athleticism. Much better against WR and RB screen passes than people give him credit for. Reads the QB very well. Had a great career in man coverage.
- Weaknesses: Needs work in coverage. Another CB who gambles too often. Loses balance of his back pedal on short come back routes. Not the most physical CB.
- NFL Comparison: Lardarius Webb
- Round Projection: 2
5. Kareem Jackson - Alabama (6'0" 198 lbs)
- Strengths: One of the best at reading what the WR next move will be. Does not get fooled often by WR. Great at jamming the WR right off the snap. Good 1 on 1 tackler. Play maker. Does not back down from any tackle.
- Weaknesses: Not the best down field speed. Tends to get beat across the middle. Needs to get up in the face of his WR on deep routes more often. Late on turning his hips at times.
- NFL Comparison: Marlin Jackson
- Round Projection: 2
Sleeper Pick: Amari Spievey - Iowa
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Yea, that would be a great draft right there. If McCourty can put on some weight, he could be really good.
You have to hate losing more than you love winning.
They’ve already shown interest in McCourty. If Ozzie can trade down into the early second round, he could get Cody too.
I really think Cody goes in the first round. And I think at 25 he would be worth it. Gregg does not have too much left, and Cody is ready to go right now. I would not mind Ozzie using our first on Cody if he is the right player at the time.
You have to hate losing more than you love winning.
Cody's a reach in round 1
You may be right about where he goes. His game film say’s he a 2nd round pick.
What? Have you watched his film? His film says that he’s a first round pick. His weight issues are the only thing dropping him, but he’s shown the ability to control it by losing 30 pounds since the Senior Bowl.
Okay he did (lose weight)
But a what cost. Will he maintain his power and base at the point.
I definitely think he will. He lost body fat weight, not muscle weight.
You have to hate losing more than you love winning.
trainers dont keep a player in shape, a player does
but if he can recover what he needs by the start of the season, then who cares. LeRon does this every year: he moves back down south, and seems to just drink beer and eat beef brisket and he comes into training camp all chubby. but he plays himself back into playing shape and he’s diesel. I just wonder if that’s a long-term plan for success…
"Just win baby. Yeah, I stole that."
--Jon Gruden
I agree here
Cody is literally impossible to push backwards. And it is not because he is 350+ pounds, maybe a little. But he is incredible strong and a nasty, nasty player. 6 blocked field goals during his college career? That is absolutely incredible. Think about that same pressure when teams only have 5-6 blockers.
You have to hate losing more than you love winning.
Think about teams trying to block Cody AND Ngata! That’s just wrong. It wouldn’t even matter who the third guy is… Kruger/Redding/Pryce would look like super stars playing next to those two big guys. Furthermore, offensive lines would need to commit so many guys to inside protection that they’d have a hard time defending the edges without help from a tight end or running back, and the more guys that they hold back to help block, the less eligible receivers to catch passes.
That’s why I’m saying that Cody would make the biggest immediate impact.
I’m actually thinking the same thing…
I think that Cody is a very highly underrated player in this draft… much like Spikes. Both players are being downgraded WAY too much due to measurables. Cody could make the biggest immediate impact of any player in the draft. The Ravens would automatically become the top run defense with Cody and Ngata up front. That would be nasty… just nasty. It would be like the Pro Bowl when Wilfork and Ngata were playing at the same time. It was so good it was almost wrong.
Yup. Those two take up 4 blockers every down basically. Teams will have to run so many 2RB and 2 TE sets against us to pick up our OLB blitzing.
You have to hate losing more than you love winning.
The wieght issue
I’m not saying that he wouldn’t have an impact. My point is, if Cody was in shape with his weight under control and he was a 3 down player then I would more than happy to take him at 25. A 2 down player in round 1……..is that the best value.
I see what you’re saying, but a dominate two-down player, especially nose tackles, can still be a first round pick. If offense are consistently facing third-and-longs because they can’t move the ball on first and second down, the player is effecting the game with being on the field.
Also, good nose tackles are very rare, so even though they’re two down players typically, their value stays high.
You have won me over
Can’t argue that point.
I also like Kareem Jackson's size
and he could be that bigger physical corner that we haven’t had since C-Mac. However, tosay that Robinson’s only NFL comparison is to the Ravens Webb is a reach, although yes, they indeed both do have dreads, so that means he will end up a star in this league!
Great write-up.
aka 'Rexx'
The sleeper pick I made, Spivey, he is about 6’2" and is a physical freak. Guy hits so hard. He would be a great pick in the 3rd if we get one.
You have to hate losing more than you love winning.
I’ve seen some mocks that have Brandon Spikes slipping to the third round. I still think that he’d be a steal in the second.
Yea definitely
Spikes still needs some work on taking the right angles and some other little stuff, but a dash of Ray Lewis will fix that in no time. Man, Spikes and Ellerbe side by side for the next 8 years? That is some serious dreads.
You have to hate losing more than you love winning.
It’s funny… I hadn’t watched any film on Jackson until this morning, and it was by accident.
I was watching some videos of Rolando McClain because I saw a mock that had him falling to the Ravens. While I was watching it, I wasn’t really impressed with McClain but noticed this DB playing like his hair was on fire… I was like, “Who is #3?” Sure enough, it was obviously Kareem Jackson.
I think that you’re doing him a disservice by comparing him to Marlin Jackson. He reminds me of Webb WAY more than Robinson.
I like this little tidbit from CBS Sports on Jackson…
Intangibles: Highly competitive player that puts in time in the film room. Asked for his grade from the NFL Advisory Committee, but didn’t read it upon receiving it. Jackson gave the unopened envelope to Nick Saban to hold until after the BCS National Championship game so that the contents wouldn’t be a distraction.
Appreciate the link
I like what I read about Jackson. If Ozzie could just somehow get a 3rd pick and land Jackson.
Jackson is one of those players that will go higher than everyone thinks. I’m thinking second rounder… maybe.
Really
You see a run on CB’s early (1st and 2nd) or you think that highly of Jackson?
I dont know man. The first thing I though about when watching Robinson was Webb Jr. That guy fliessssss around the field. So does Jackson, I do think he is a good player.
You have to hate losing more than you love winning.
True. I just think that Jackson is more aggressive versus the run… like Webb. I do like Robinson. No knock against him.
I would take any of the top 10 CB in this years draft. Outside of Wilson and Haden, these guys are not starters right away, but they would be great 3 and 4 CBs.
You have to hate losing more than you love winning.
Trade down
I am still hoping we trade out of the first round, to around the 6th pick of the 2nd round. That would net us a mid 3rd round pick. If we can grab the DE from Cal, or Cody, and a TE in the 2nd round with our 2nd pick (hopefully Anthony McCoy), and a CB in the 3rd round, I will be ecstatic. If a CB like McCourty, Robinson or Jackson were left late in the 2nd, trade back into the end of the round using a 5th rounder and grab them.
I think any ravens fan would be ecstatic with a Alualu/Cody, McCoy, Robinson/McCourty/Jackson first 3 picks, then hopefully we can unload Clayton and/or Smith for 4th and 5th rounders, and grab some (more) depth…..
Alualu/Cody, McCoy and anyone one of those 3 CBs
Sign me up!!!! That would be a draft come true if that happened. Man, there is basically no wrong way to approach this draft the way it is looking to work out. Never been as anxious for a draft where we only have 5 picks at the moment. I say by the end of the draft, we will have picked 7 guys, Ozzie loves his picks too much to only have 5.
And let’s keep quiet on Anthony McCoy, don’t want other teams to steal him from us, but he has become one of my favorite overall prospects.
You have to hate losing more than you love winning.
Being a Jersey boy
I’d love to see them draft McCourty. Then him and R2 could keep killing the league together!!! Either way he or Wilson would satisfy our needs and I love the second part of the evaluations….“Elite return man” and “Good return man.” That is also exciting since we could use that on our Special Teams! Go Ravens (and Scarlett Knights! lol).
by Dfense4champs2052 on Apr 4, 2010 3:42 AM EDT reply actions
Intreresting comparison but harris is not a return and is great in run support
I guess no comparison is perfect.
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