Review Morris Claiborne's Rookie Season - Dallas Cowboys Forum

MissouriCowboy · 01-21-2013

http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2013/...rris-claiborne

Garrett and Henderson both remain very optimistic about Claiborne's future, while acknowledging that there are still areas in which Claiborne needs to improve despite a fairly smooth transition to the NFL ranks in his rookie season.

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Over the last couple of weeks, the Cowboys coaching staff - at least what's left of that staff - has been busy evaluating and grading their player personnel from the 2012 season. The coaches have spent a lot of time coaching and developing their players in practice, they have a good grasp of the potential of each player, and they've reviewed hours upon hours of game tape of each player.

And while we won't ever be privy to the exact grades and the exact conversations going on behind closed doors, both Jason Garrett and returning secondary coach Jerome Henderson talked about their evaluation of rookie CB Morris Claiborne last week.

Henderson thought Claiborne had a successful rookie year:

The Natural · 01-21-2013

I sincerely hope he takes a big leap next year, I wasnt all that impressed by his rookie campaign.

Mattsdad · 01-21-2013

Based ONLY on this year, I say he was solid but not someone I would have given up a 2nd rounder for as well. Very early to tell, but lets keep our fingers crossed that by the end of year 3, he has developed into one of the top5 corners in the league.

LatinMind · 01-21-2013

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Originally Posted by MissouriCowboy

http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2013/...rris-claiborne

Garrett and Henderson both remain very optimistic about Claiborne's future, while acknowledging that there are still areas in which Claiborne needs to improve despite a fairly smooth transition to the NFL ranks in his rookie season.

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Over the last couple of weeks, the Cowboys coaching staff - at least what's left of that staff - has been busy evaluating and grading their player personnel from the 2012 season. The coaches have spent a lot of time coaching and developing their players in practice, they have a good grasp of the potential of each player, and they've reviewed hours upon hours of game tape of each player.

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It good they "remain" optimistic. Would be horrible if they didnt after his rookie year huh.

Eskimo · 01-21-2013

He doesn't look fast enough to be a shutdown type player.

I hope we see more evidence of playmaking ability. He made one INT on a popup and picked up a loose ball for a TD which weren't particularly spectacular plays. The one great play he made in the Chicago game was overruled and then the one he made against the Saints in OT to force the fumble actually worked in the Saints' favour because Jimmy Graham recovered the ball.

He was okay but only played like a late first rounder, not like a top 10 pick. I was quite disappointed after they hyped him as the second best player in the draft (above RG3, Trent Rich, Kalil, Tannehill).

IMO, Wagner outplayed him by a decent margin and Brockers looks like a quality starter at DT that we could badly use next year. The trade also looks like a pretty decent failure at this time. He will have to fulfill his All-Pro type projection to make the deal worthwhile.

JerryJonesMustGo · 01-21-2013

He is not a revis type of player. Not as fast nor as strong as DR. Temper expectations.

perrykemp · 01-21-2013

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He is not a revis type of player. Not as fast nor as strong as DR. Temper expectations.

Those expectations were set when the Cowboys front office said after they drafted him that they had him as the best CB prospect to enter the NFL in the past 23 years since Deion Sanders entered the league in 1989.

What I am curious about is if the Front Office truly believe that or not. Not sure why would have said it unless they believed it.

CyberB0b · 01-21-2013

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Originally Posted by perrykemp

Those expectations were set when the Cowboys front office said after they drafted him that they had him as the best CB prospect to enter the NFL in the past 23 years since Deion Sanders entered the league in 1989.

What I am curious about is if the Front Office truly believe that or not. Not sure why would have said it unless they believed it.

Probably Lacewell flapping his trap.

theogt · 01-21-2013

Great season for a rookie corner. It's obvious how talented he is.

sacase · 01-21-2013

I would argue that part of the reason he didn't look outstanding was due to scheme. To me he played at a starting CB level as a rookie. I wasn't worried about him very much. But he was drafted to press receivers and he was not allowed to do that this year.

JerryJonesMustGo · 01-21-2013

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Originally Posted by sacase

I would argue that part of the reason he didn't look outstanding was due to scheme. To me he played at a starting CB level as a rookie. I wasn't worried about him very much. But he was drafted to press receivers and he was not allowed to do that this year.

He is not strong enough to press NFL receivers at this point in his career. I have my doubts to if he can add mass and still keep his 4.5 speed.

187beatdown · 01-21-2013

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Originally Posted by theogt

Great season for a rookie corner. It's obvious how talented he is.

Yeah, I'm not sure what everyone is looking at.

Jenky · 01-21-2013

Revis wasn't Revis his first year.

A lot of you are going to eat your own words, cause this kid definitely has it.

JustDezIt · 01-21-2013

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Originally Posted by theogt

Great season for a rookie corner. It's obvious how talented he is.

Exactly. Corner seems like one of the toughest positions to transition from College to the NFL. Him not being a liability in his first year represents just how good he can be in the future IMO

The Natural · 01-21-2013

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Originally Posted by Jenky

Revis wasn't Revis his first year.

A lot of you are going to eat your own words, cause this kid definitely has it.

Revis "wasn't Revis" his first year but he still had a much more impressive rookie season than Claiborne, posted 30 more tackles, tripled the interceptions, and doubled his passes defended. You can make the scheme argument but like another poster said he's not big enough yet, he needs to add atleast 10 pounds of muscle.