That's just false. He turned his head around and mirrored the WR well on the play. Got a little grabby at the end, but he was right there.
Now you're really losing credibility. That was an ELITE play by CJ Henderson that maybe only 1 or 2 other CB's in the nation could've made. A subtle tug when Ja'Maar Chase pushes off every other play and you're screaming PI lol.
4 inconsequential catches for 30 something yards, and 1 first down when UF is up by 30 and he's playing soft off coverage.
You're reaching bro.
Yeah I'm not buying the "it happened once in college to a 21 year old, it's definitely going to happen to him for the rest of his career."
Tugging on a guy's towel/jersey when they have a step on you is "elite"?
That's preposterous and the only reason it didn't get called is because the referee missed it, if the ref sees it it's a penalty every time, and more often than not they will see it. Sure, he was mostly in phase with Chase, great, but the recurring theme is that he struggles at the moment the ball arrives and gets grabby or loses balance and isn't able to make a play.
That's what happened against the no-name Georgia WR, perfectly in phase, ball arrives, stumbles a bit, doesn't make a play on the ball, pass interference.
That's what happened against the no-name Missouri WR, he's right there, loses track of the ball, overruns it a bit and it's a huge play.
Against Edwards he's right there and gets beat on a jump ball, great play by Edwards, sure, but he's going to be facing better WR's than Edwards 16 weeks out of 16 in the NFL.
Against FSU you're saying the "safety bit"?
The safety, who is only lined up about 8 yards off the LOS to begin with and not in some sort of deep/single-high type of look, took about 3 little hop steps towards the LOS off the RPO action and Henderson gave up 43 yards off the built-in play side post. That is as basic an RPO play as you're ever going to see, it's pretty much the foundation on what this zone-read stuff was built off of, with an inside zone run with a slant/post off of it where the QB can give it, keep it, or throw the post. That's elementary play design in the NFL and once he's at that level teams will do way more schematically to move defenders around and to open up throwing windows.
Is it 100% Henderson's fault? No, but he deserves plenty of blame and it's just another big play on a list that's too long for my liking at 17 given what else will be available.
And that's 5 minutes into the game.
The difference between us is that I can acknowledge why he's looked at as a top prospect, and why he may end up being elite, but I can objectively argue why I'd rather go elsewhere without making up bull**** because I'm in the tank.
You're doing everything you can to find excuses for the multiple big, downfield chunk plays that he gave up, and calling him tugging on a WR's jersey/towel "elite", which is bull****.