I dont care if he played receiver or cornerback, when you play at that level you have experience with all of it. Hes extremely flexible in his ability to teach those things. He sees what were doing and he teaches to that scheme.
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We should have some good competition in several key areas, including offensive line, defensive tackle, and cornerback.
The Redskins defense's first unit played without several starters, and the opening lineup included cornerbacks Rufus Brown and Ade Jimoh. Starting cornerback Shawn Springs pulled his hamstring during early drills and was kept out as a precautionary measure. And defensive end Renaldo Wynn didn't play because of the death of his father-in-law Friday night. The defense showed its familiar tenacity with obscure players, but the secondary allowed some long passing plays. We missed too many tackles and gave up too many big plays, ... It will be a good teaching film.
The Bucs signed seven players to their practice squad Monday. All seven were in training camp with the Bucs before being released. They are linebacker Matt Grootegoed, center Scott Jackson, cornerback James Patrick, safety Kalvin Pearson, wide receiver DeAndrew Rubin, running back Derek Watson and defensive end Andrew Williams. Some of those guys were close calls, ... We're glad to have them back.
I know I'll be fine for training camp. I'm going to be the best cornerback in football this year. I'm just not sure where that's going to be yet.
In reality, his true position would be cornerback. We probably slighted him somewhat, but we needed him at free safety. He was really an extra linebacker for us. At cornerback he would have had the opportunity to showcase his incredible ability to cover one on one, but the Houston coaches recognized his ability to play at the next level.
Kevin is a versatile player who gives us options because of his ability to play safety or cornerback. Last year was his first year with safety as his primary position, and I expect him to take giant steps this year, building on the year's experience he had.
He's a gifted player. You can do some things with a cornerback of his ability. You can put a lot on his plate. It frees us up to do things with our secondary and our linebackers.
He's got a cornerback mentality, and now he has to understand to play like a safety. I know that he wants to get into the action, but I always preach to him, 'This is your job right now.' ... He's adjusting.
He is an outstanding college corner with great ability. Cornerback is one of those hard positions to recruit a player to. And he's a special player in that area.
I thought Ray played well for being a cornerback for only three days. The more experience he gets, the better he will play. I am confident of what we saw from him tonight.
Basically, it's that I know I want it more than anyone else. I'm going to be the most successful cornerback taken in this draft. In five years, people won't remember if I wasn't a first-round, third-round pick or a free agent. But they will know that I am
Starting cornerback Will Peterson, out since spraining an MCL Aug. 20 against the Panthers, continues to improve and might get significant playing time even if he doesn't start. ... The Giants' three promising draft picks, running back Brandon Jacobs, defensive end Justin Tuck and cornerback Corey Webster, all of whom had great exhibition seasons, are anxious to get going. Jacobs, 6 feet 4, 267 pounds, has generated the most enthusiasm among the fans even though Derrick Ward will back up Barber. I'm not worried about Sunday, ... I'll be very calm before the game. And when coach yells for 27, 27 will be there.
I don't have a magic answer. If you play cornerback in this league, they're going to get you once in a while.
But again, I think that's consistent with his philosophy, ... Whatever Al's philosophy is, it's been pretty consistent through the years, be it the type of players he gets to play corner(back), the coaches, their style of play, what he wears. It's all consistent.