I haven’t watched preseason at all, but based on the excitement in this forum regarding MP, I’m a little excited. I looked at some clips from college, but I didn’t see much as far as coverage skills are concerned. I read some criticisms that he’s not sound in this department.
based on what you’ve seen in preseason, is this a sound assessment? Was there even enough to see from this point specifically?
He is raw in coverage. Due to lack of experience. Wasn’t asked to do it a lot.
that being said. He has shown a lot of promise in coverage. Has the speed to cover RB’s and TE’s in man.
has the quickness to cover receivers in the short zones or that are dragging across the formation.
he had a few good coverage snaps in pre season. Including following a receiver across the middle in zone and closing the distance before the ball could get there.
I think we will see some mistakes and times he gets beat as he learns. But from a physical standpoint the ability to stay with guys and his explosiveness to cover ground in zone when the ball is in the air, are evident.
I would say that in obvious passing situations. He will be more valuable either rushing the passer or to spy QB’s.
I think about how many good “running” QB’s the league has now. Imagine a guy with Parsons size and speed spying QB’s like Lamar, Russell, Kyler, etc. I think he will be very useful in neutralizing that part of their game.
