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Corey White
The good news: He looks better than Claiborne.
The bad news: He looks better than Claiborne.
I appears that the Saints released him because saw him as a backup that was making too much (1.5M salary).
Overall he is at least as good as Sterling Moore; although a completely different player. Moore has better technique and developed skill but White has better physical ability.
I watched about 10 games on the All-22 including games from 2012, 2013 and 2014.
There were reports that he played Safety and CB but in the games I saw he was always at CB.
In some games he played primarily at RCB. In other games he moved around. Against the Cowboys he primarily followed T. Williams around although he did get matched up against Beasley a few times. Back in 2012 he was matched up against Desean Jackson in the slot which is not really a good situation for him but he did ok. In 2014 they tried to keep him matched up on bigger receivers and occasionally TEs. Against GB it appeared they wanted to make certain that he was not covering Cobb. They had him on Nelson or the big rookie Adams.
Physical: He has plenty of speed and good size at 6-0, 206, 4.39 forty at Pro Day. He moves fluidly for a bigger CB and I would describe him as being light on his feet. He has good change of direction ability but is ideally not the guy you want covering Beasley or Desean Jackson in the slot. I never saw him get beat over the top purely by speed. He did give up some deep throws but he was usually right there with the WR, but just didn’t make the play on the ball.
Developed Skill: He is not polished but does show good awareness in regards to the scheme and what the offense is doing. He never looked lost. The area where he needs improvement is playing the ball in the air. He is sometimes good at it, but is inconsistent in this area. He got tricked by one of those rub routes back in 2012, but in 2014 he played those WR switch-ups correctly.
Scheme: He played primarily man coverage, both press and off. They did play a little bit of zone, especially against the Cowboys, but not enough for me to really get a good feel for his ability in this area. Rob Ryan as we know has his players primarily focused on his scheme and less on fundamentals. It’s the opposite with Marinelli, so I would expect him to improve with Marinelli’s coaching staff.
Summary: He has NFL physical ability. You can win games with him as a starter right now but he does need to refine his skills. I’ve seen reports that he was terrible but that’s not what I saw in game footage; although I can’t watch 100% of his snaps for an entire season. Obviously, he got demoted from being a starter so there had to be some problems.
Other: He is the type of player that I would like to see at Free Safety. I feel that in the modern pass happy NFL that big college CBs are a good place to look for Free Safeties. Having said that, the Cowboys as of this minute probably need more help at CB than at Safety, but I would like to see him get some snaps at Safety in training camp nonetheless.
The good news: He looks better than Claiborne.
The bad news: He looks better than Claiborne.
I appears that the Saints released him because saw him as a backup that was making too much (1.5M salary).
Overall he is at least as good as Sterling Moore; although a completely different player. Moore has better technique and developed skill but White has better physical ability.
I watched about 10 games on the All-22 including games from 2012, 2013 and 2014.
There were reports that he played Safety and CB but in the games I saw he was always at CB.
In some games he played primarily at RCB. In other games he moved around. Against the Cowboys he primarily followed T. Williams around although he did get matched up against Beasley a few times. Back in 2012 he was matched up against Desean Jackson in the slot which is not really a good situation for him but he did ok. In 2014 they tried to keep him matched up on bigger receivers and occasionally TEs. Against GB it appeared they wanted to make certain that he was not covering Cobb. They had him on Nelson or the big rookie Adams.
Physical: He has plenty of speed and good size at 6-0, 206, 4.39 forty at Pro Day. He moves fluidly for a bigger CB and I would describe him as being light on his feet. He has good change of direction ability but is ideally not the guy you want covering Beasley or Desean Jackson in the slot. I never saw him get beat over the top purely by speed. He did give up some deep throws but he was usually right there with the WR, but just didn’t make the play on the ball.
Developed Skill: He is not polished but does show good awareness in regards to the scheme and what the offense is doing. He never looked lost. The area where he needs improvement is playing the ball in the air. He is sometimes good at it, but is inconsistent in this area. He got tricked by one of those rub routes back in 2012, but in 2014 he played those WR switch-ups correctly.
Scheme: He played primarily man coverage, both press and off. They did play a little bit of zone, especially against the Cowboys, but not enough for me to really get a good feel for his ability in this area. Rob Ryan as we know has his players primarily focused on his scheme and less on fundamentals. It’s the opposite with Marinelli, so I would expect him to improve with Marinelli’s coaching staff.
Summary: He has NFL physical ability. You can win games with him as a starter right now but he does need to refine his skills. I’ve seen reports that he was terrible but that’s not what I saw in game footage; although I can’t watch 100% of his snaps for an entire season. Obviously, he got demoted from being a starter so there had to be some problems.
Other: He is the type of player that I would like to see at Free Safety. I feel that in the modern pass happy NFL that big college CBs are a good place to look for Free Safeties. Having said that, the Cowboys as of this minute probably need more help at CB than at Safety, but I would like to see him get some snaps at Safety in training camp nonetheless.
