(04-18-2024, 02:57 PM)Caldrac Wrote:

(04-18-2024, 02:49 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote: To be a nickle you have to be able to move very well and arguably better than playing on the outside.  Teams usually put the quicker and more shifter players in the slot so I don't understand how you figure that.  I think DeJean will be a very good corner, we shall see.

It's because he's white. Nobody wants to say it openly but it's the truth. It's extremely rare that you see a white guy playing CB in the NFL. Jason Sehorn was the last one that I can think of that did it highly enough to merit a respectable amount of attention, accolades, etc. 

Funny enough, DeJean's teammate, Riley Moss, I was high on him last year and he ended up in Denver as a third round selection I believe. He was also a playmaker. I think he had more defensive TD's than DeJean did at Iowa if I am not mistaken. With DeJean. I just don't know. 

Sometimes I feel like he could make for a great Harrison Smith type safety because of his size and speed. Sometimes I think he's sticky enough and instinctive enough to play on the outside. The athlete matches the eye test on film for me. Which is important. 

Only knock on him is competition in college and jumping into the NFL. However, that argument gets tossed out the window for me when you consider Gardner's success since leaving the Bearcats and you have Mitchell as a consensus CB1 coming out of Toledo this year. 

So, it'll be interesting. DeJean is a very polarizing prospect for me. I wouldn't mind him in Jacksonville. It would just depend on how Nielsen views him and chooses to dispatch him within his secondary.