Cowboys Scouts Had Claiborne Graded as the Best Corner in the Draft Since Deion

[CCBoy]

Originally Posted by InmanRoshi

gross

You are simply being gross.

That is a term in literature, meaning joy of life.

Not what you threw back.

[jterrell]

Originally Posted by btcutter

yeah, Deion runs 4.3 barefoot....
Claiborne runs like 4.45?

claiborne ran a 4.39 at his pro day.

[Cajuncowboy]

Man that's some tall cotton to be walking in with praise like that.

However, as an LSU fan I watched him play a lot and he is all that and a bag of chips. He is going to do something for the defense that hasn't been done since Deion was here and that is effectively shut down half the field for the opposing teams defense.

He was RARELY targeted last year and he still came away with six picks. He often looked like a man among boys.

The NFL is a much faster game with consistently better WRs and QBs so there will be a period of adjustment, but from everything that I have seen and from what the reports on him are from scouts and evaluators, he will make the transition with ease.

As I said in another thread, there is no way I would have thought we had any shot to move up and get him so he wasn't even on my radar. But man am I happy we got him. (On a side note, as an LSU fan I was really worried about all the talk of Brockers. Glad we dodged that one.)

[RoyTheHammer]

Originally Posted by btcutter

yeah, Deion runs 4.3 barefoot....
Claiborne runs like 4.45?

4.5 to 4.55

[theogt]

Originally Posted by jterrell

claiborne ran a 4.39 at his pro day.

I saw his time was 4.43. Entirely unscientific, but using a stopwatch myself I timed it in the 4.3s watching this. In any event, it's a long way off from 4.5s.

[Cajuncowboy]

Originally Posted by RoyTheHammer

4.5 to 4.55

His combine time was 4.50.

[davidl]

Mo is a much better CB than Peterson (who I loved) and is the real deal. Don't know why he ran so slow at the combine because it has always been known at LSU that Claiborne was just as fast as Peterson. He did run a 4.39 at his pro day and speed is simply not an issue.

[btcutter]

Originally Posted by jterrell

claiborne ran a 4.39 at his pro day.

I never have trusted Pro days. Handheld stop watches.

He plays fast and I don't see him getting burned deep so it's ok. I don't see the incredible closing speed that Deon has or the way Deon can bait then pick the ball off.

[cowboyjoe]

Cowboys scouts gave Claiborne their highest grade since Deion Sanders, Jerry Jones says

“Deion was special with his burst, but certainly, he is the best they have graded for us since Deion,” Jones said Thursday night after the Cowboys selected the LSU cornerback. “That would have included Deion after he

“Terence Newman was one of the top cornerbacks around, in my eyes, on coverage, but not necessarily in going up and making the plays,” Jones said. “But we have been void of that for several years now. I think these two guys we have brought in can play the ball. And if Poole can be at the top of his game he can play the ball.”

“As far as being just the centerfield and doing what we need to do as far as man and being sound there,” Jones said. “That combination, I don’t remember – that can literally play man, have the size and the speed and can be the center fielder.”

-- Carlos Mendez

Read more here: http://sportsblogs.star-telegram.com...#storylink=cpy

[CCBoy]

Originally Posted by cowboyjoe

Cowboys scouts gave Claiborne their highest grade since Deion Sanders, Jerry Jones says

“Deion was special with his burst, but certainly, he is the best they have graded for us since Deion,” Jones said Thursday night after the Cowboys selected the LSU cornerback. “That would have included Deion after he

“Terence Newman was one of the top cornerbacks around, in my eyes, on coverage, but not necessarily in going up and making the plays,” Jones said. “But we have been void of that for several years now. I think these two guys we have brought in can play the ball. And if Poole can be at the top of his game he can play the ball.”

“As far as being just the centerfield and doing what we need to do as far as man and being sound there,” Jones said. “That combination, I don’t remember – that can literally play man, have the size and the speed and can be the center fielder.”

-- Carlos Mendez

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Nice addition, Joe.

[jterrell]

the key thing to note is SINCE Deion.

our scouts arent grading him equal to or above Deion.
but they do grade him above TNew for instance.

i think many on this forum make Jerry sound football smart. he talks about how Claiborne plays the ball versus a guy like TNew merely staying lock step with WRs and it is so salient and important. he is saying the right football things in between those terrible umms, relative to's and ahhhs.

[jterrell]

Originally Posted by theogt

I saw his time was 4.43. Entirely unscientific, but using a stopwatch myself I timed it in the 4.3s watching this. In any event, it's a long way off from 4.5s.

nice link bro.

fairly poor form for the 40 because he got high so quickly but he did run naturally.

he was a state 100m champ coming out of high school so can fly for sure.

[CowboyMcCoy]

Originally Posted by JBell523

[InmanRoshi]

Originally Posted by theogt

I saw his time was 4.43. Entirely unscientific, but using a stopwatch myself I timed it in the 4.3s watching this. In any event, it's a long way off from 4.5s.

It's not buildup speed either. He's hit 6th gear by his 3rd step.

[theogt]

Originally Posted by jterrell

nice link bro.

fairly poor form for the 40 because he got high so quickly but he did run naturally.

he was a state 100m champ coming out of high school so can fly for sure.

I don't know much about form for running 40s, but if he can run in the 4.3s on poor form, that's impressive.