reviewing CB talent- don't forget this top prospect

[Spectre]

'Strengths:

• Elite speed

• Cover corner; rarely allows separation

• Can run with receivers in and out of breaks

• Phenomenal ball skills

• Capacity to make clutch game-changing plays

• Excellent hands

• Fast feet

• Can quickly flip his hips to turn and run

• Very athletic

• Extremely agile

• Can play bump-and-run

• Body control

• Can turn and run with receivers on deep routes

• Intelligent about when he initiates contact

• Good tackler

• Quality height

• Has some physicality with receivers

• Not a gambler

• Can play well in zone

• Solid contributor against the run

Weaknesses:

• Could use some more bulk'

http://BAN-INCOMING-IN-3-2-1/scoutingreport2012mclaiborne.php

 

[theogt]

I still don't get how he could bust so hard. Oh well. Maybe he turns a corner.

 

[reddyuta]

forget everything.he just needs to stay healthy first,i dont recall a game where he hasnt taken plays off because he grabs a body part and goes to the sideline.this guys body is not made for the NFL.

 

[Spectre]

Like QB, a top-flight CB is worth every bit of a 1st round pick... I'm just not so sure the position can be properly evaluated for the NFL at the college level. Like QB.
I say spend the 1st rounder elsewhere and get a couple DBs in the mid-to-late rounds. After Mo, that position has left a bad taste in my mouth for draft day 1.

 

[XDez88BeastX]

• Elite speed - not true he ran a 4.5 thats not elite that is hardly even considered average. Low 4.3 is elite

• Intelligent about when he initiates contact - ********, dude gets called for holds like a mother****er

• Good tackler - also BS

• Quality height - Darby is 5'11" & alot of people are insisting he's short sooooo.

• Can play well in zone - anyone want to watch some nfl game film & re evaluate this?

• Solid contributor against the run - im not positive of this but im pretty sure this is a lie.

I know a good portion of these were not argued upon by myself leaving him to still be considered a top prospect but i dont have the time of patience to go back & watch everything i can find to argue this report is trash. But these few mentioned above are clearly blatent BS.

 

[JBell]

I know Claiborne was seen as a safe of a pick as there was..

But his combine stats were very pedestrian. They weren't terrible, but for a guy going in the top 10 you were hoping for better than average athleticism, especially at the CB position.

Dumb + average athleticism + weak tackler = terrible combination apparently.

Still on the fence about drafting a CB, but I like that Byron Jones and Kevin Johnson are both great athletes.

 

[xwalker]

I still don't get how he could bust so hard. Oh well. Maybe he turns a corner.

A 4 on the Wonderlic should have been a clue. His issues have been mental and injuries. If he could just line up an cover 1 WR with nothing else to think about, he would be OK, but he can't understand the simplest concepts within the scheme. All offenses have to do if have the 2 WRs on one side of the formations cross up and Claiborne will inevitably get confused.

 

[Gaede]

A 4 on the Wonderlic should have been a clue. His issues have been mental and injuries. If he could just line up an cover 1 WR with nothing else to think about, he would be OK, but he can't understand the simplest concepts within the scheme. All offenses have to do if have the 2 WRs on one side of the formations cross up and Claiborne will inevitably get confused.

Thought it was a 6

 

[Spectre]

• Elite speed - not true he ran a 4.5 thats not elite that is hardly even considered average. Low 4.3 is elite

• Intelligent about when he initiates contact - bull****, dude gets called for holds like a mother****er

• Good tackler - also BS

• Quality height - Darby is 5'11" & alot of people are insisting he's short sooooo.

• Can play well in zone - anyone want to watch some nfl game film & re evaluate this?

• Solid contributor against the run - im not positive of this but im pretty sure this is a lie.

I know a good portion of these were not argued upon by myself leaving him to still be considered a top prospect but i dont have the time of patience to go back & watch everything i can find to argue this report is trash. But these few mentioned above are clearly blatent BS.

was written in 2012

 

[ghst187]

I still don't get how he could bust so hard. Oh well. Maybe he turns a corner.

Lesson is.... Never underestimate the validity of the wonderlic

 

[reddyuta]

• Elite speed - not true he ran a 4.5 thats not elite that is hardly even considered average. Low 4.3 is elite

• Intelligent about when he initiates contact - bull****, dude gets called for holds like a mother****er

• Good tackler - also BS

• Quality height - Darby is 5'11" & alot of people are insisting he's short sooooo.

• Can play well in zone - anyone want to watch some nfl game film & re evaluate this?

• Solid contributor against the run - im not positive of this but im pretty sure this is a lie.

I know a good portion of these were not argued upon by myself leaving him to still be considered a top prospect but i dont have the time of patience to go back & watch everything i can find to argue this report is trash. But these few mentioned above are clearly blatent BS.

just stay away from guys from LSU ,they get hyped ridiculously more than their actual talent.

 

[xwalker]

Thought it was a 6

Well then, forget everything I said and rebuke anybody that calls him dumb. A 6 is fantastic.

 

[Gaede]

Well then, forget everything I said and rebuke anybody that calls him dumb. A 6 is fantastic.

Humour. Dry. Meet xwalker

 

[XDez88BeastX]

just stay away from guys from LSU ,they get hyped ridiculously more than their actual talent.

Ya, Peterson, Matheiu & Reid all suck..... I think you are confusing lsu DB's with alabama DB's.

 

[XDez88BeastX]

was written in 2012

Still makes his size & speed average at best & his college film still looks like he holds & is also an average tackler..... I guess its different though, i thought it was written a week ago smh

 

[XDez88BeastX]

To not be a complete dick though, the kid did have some great ball skills. I'd like to see him go to Arizona & reunite with Pat P & Honey Badger maybe that would help him get atleast his confidence back to be a mediocre player for awhile.

 

[xwalker]

Humour. Dry. Meet xwalker

Actually I was going for dry humor myself.

 

[Teague31]

Still hard to believe they traded up to 6 to take a dude they never once met with

 

[Gaede]

Actually I was going for dry humor myself.

In any case, Claiborne is just dumb

 

[AbeBeta]

I still don't get how he could bust so hard. Oh well. Maybe he turns a corner.

His first year was OK - the sort of transition many dbs have. Year 2 he became a father and lost his dad in the same week. Year 3 he was pretty bad ... But good lord, who can play cb without a pass rush.

Maybe he just stinks. Maybe he's in the wrong scheme. Clearly he's not mentally tough enough yet.