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Yes sir, and Quinn wants big DBs facing the QB instead of blindly chasing receivers in his zone scheme.What the team liked about Wright, I think, are two things:
It is very rare to have a 6’4” guy who is fluid and smooth. Most guys with that length are kind of gangly and herky-jerky in their movements. They don’t have the feet to turn and run like a Kelvin Joseph who is controlled and fluid in everything he does. Wright isn’t that smooth but he is strangely coordinated in his movements for a super tall CB. That is a very valuable thing if you want long DB’s, and it gives him a really high ceiling.
- He has a nose for the football and is a natural ball-hawk.
- He has great length but moves like a much smaller corner.
Plus, being a guy who the ball just finds is what Dallas is trying to fill their defensive backfield with… a strategy that I wholeheartedly agree with.
Those things don’t mean that we know he’s going to be great, but it 100% tells us why the team valued him so highly. All-in-all, Wright is a pretty rare package that very much dovetails with what the Cowboys what to do in their secondary and in retrospect, it isn’t surprising at all that they took him.
There is some risk involved, like with any draft pick, but IMO there is a really solid chance that he sticks and makes some plays in Dallas. He could even be very good if things go right.
I’m pretty happy that they have a guy like him to work with.
I want to see how Wright back peddles in up coming drills, same with all the DBs, but the big boys esp,, Mukuama is definitely in this grouping.