CornerBack ~ Juston Burris ~ North Carolina
State WolfPack ~ 6003/213
For that reason, and in order to offer NomenClature that speaks not to archaic, obsolete "Positions", but rather to Skill Sets that accurately reflect the dynamic Changes of the 21st Century Game and the Roles they have spawned, I have undertaken to craft Terminology that is designed to break Skill Sets down as they really are.
Defensive Coordinators have, since Time Immemorial, employed highly creative terminology in devising Defenses and in designating Assignments. In that Spirit, I have admittedly indulged myself considerably in devising the following NomenClature. It is undeniably colorful, but I like to think that there's an underlying Logic, as well:
CornerBacks ~ I find it quite amusing that the very last Skill Set on my list is the only Defensive Skill Set ~ so far!! ~ for whom I haven't adapted or invented a new Term. The Prototype would be about 6000/195.
CornerBacks are of course Pass Defense Specialists, but I will include Run Defense in my Evaluations. But I will note, of course, that as with Blocking as it pertains to WideOuts, it is desirable, yes, but its absence is no Red Flag.
Agility: Acceleration, Ricochet, Fluidity, and Verticity ~ that's Turn & Burn Acuity, to you Earthlings!!
Processing Speed: How quickly and effectively one Reads & Reacts to the developing Play.
Run Defense: Power, Agility, Combat Skills, Navigating Traffic, Processing Speed, Motor, and Tackling.
Pass Coverage: Combat Skills, Agility, Processing Speed, and Catch Point Capacity.
Broken down into SubCategories, it'd go something like this:
Agility
* Fluidity, above all things: Core Agility & Flexibility makes everything possible.
* Ricochet ~ How crisply and how rapidly one breaks in a new direction.
* Acceleration ~ Short Speed or Quickness. Closing Speed.
* Verticity ~ The Ability ~ or lack thereof ~ to Flips Hips and Turn & Burn in Pass Coverage.
Processing Speed
* How quickly and effectively one Reads & Reacts to the developing Play.
Run Defense
* Power
* Agility
* Combat Skills
* Navigating Traffic
* Processing Speed
* Motor
* Tackling
Pass Coverage
* Combat Skills
* Agility
* Processing Speed
* Catch Point Capacity
Processing Speed: Effective, both in Run Defense and in Pass Coverage.
Run Defense: Impressive. Effective Field Vision, though marginal Speed. Exceptional Combat Skills and Tackling.
Pass Coverage: Mediocre in Press Coverage. Awful in Off Coverage.
He exhibits only the faintest scraps of Talent, but the levels of Field Vision and Combat Skills that he's developed over the Years would render his Work Ethic unmistakably evident, even if his Game Tape did not already do so.
7th Round Talents can produce 3rd Round Results in the right Scheme, without bringing a blush to my face in the wake of my 7th Round Assessment: There're a lot of Variables in this Great Game, and they don't bother me at all.
And Burris may very well do so, deployed in the Press Scheme that the Jets envision.
But in terms of Return on Equity...Yeah, I believe that they spent too much.
Even so, I'll be rooting for'm...except against the Patriots, of course.
Grateful Thanks, as always, for the crucial Work done by the folks at Draft BreakDown!!
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This is not is even remotely a Complaint, mind you, but rather a Warning: Caveat Emptor!!